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Or, it could be that the police are overly vigilant, or even racist against non-white Swedes, and arrest and incarcerate them at a rate disproportionate to the
by knowtheory 13y ago
Or, it could be that the police are overly vigilant, or even racist against non-white Swedes, and arrest and incarcerate them at a rate disproportionate to the actual rate of crime.
Stop and Frisk in NYC overwhelmingly targets blacks and latinos, to the point where it's been declared unconstitutional, for example.
- asdfdsa1234 13y agoCrime victim surveys corroborate those figures.
- knowtheory 13y agoJust to be clear, corroborate which figures?
- newnewnew 13y agoMayor Bloomberg claims that stop and frisk under-targets blacks and hispanics, given the percentage of crime committed[1]. It will be interesting to see if NY becomes Detroit in its absence. NYC is notable for having a lower level of crime than you would expect given its ethnic makeup. [1] http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/whites_subjected_to_too_many_stop_QM64S34uJ37zoJ36auG0HM http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/whites_subjected_to_too_m...