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You said it's a conspiracy because it can't be proven, the Supreme Court made it impossible to prove racial discrimination by law enforcement/prosecution but sa
by stevenwoo 3y ago
You said it's a conspiracy because it can't be proven, the Supreme Court made it impossible to prove racial discrimination by law enforcement/prosecution but said it's not OK to do it, with a wink wink. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5614457/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5614457/
African Americans make up roughly ten percent of the US population, but are incarcerated at a much higher rate for drug related offenses. Two simple possibilities occur to me - African Americans somehow commit drug crimes at an astronomical rate compared to others (which I really doubt based on the people I know who sold drugs in college), or police simply enforce the laws against drugs primarily against African Americans.
- Auracle 3y agoYou didn’t list option C: African Americans commit crimes other than drug possession more frequently and then drug charges are either added on, or it happens during probation. A quick look at my county jail roster shows that a lot of the drug cases - but not all - are of that sort. Areas with more overall crime are going to have more police officers patrolling as well. Of course, it’s probably a bit of A, B, and C.