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None of what you say counters their point. At the end of the day African Americans commit a disproportionate amount of crime, it would be a miracle if they didn
by Levitz 3y ago
None of what you say counters their point. At the end of the day African Americans commit a disproportionate amount of crime, it would be a miracle if they didn't have more prior convictions on average.
- 0ct4via 3y agoThey're trying to denounce the racial aspect of likelihood of being targeted/prosecuted, by going "African Americans are more likely to be involved in crime already" - which is also inherent on racial biases and profiling in the police and criminal justice systems. The point is that they can't jump to racist dog-whistles and then pretend like race isn't a factor in targeting to begin with.
- FireBeyond 3y agoCitation needed. All the stats we have focus around arrests, charges, convictions, so any systemic racism in enforcement is included. African Americans being arrested more per capita for a crime is not inherently the same as committing more crime per capita. I have a hard time figuring how you could ever prove your claim, because how do you show who committed crimes that were either not suspects, or crimes that weren’t discovered or reported?
- Levitz 3y agoSimple, crime correlates with poverty, and African Americans are disproportionally poor. It would take a miracle for them not to commit more crime.