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There are two separate questions that you're confusing. You seem interested in "is the use of SWAT systematically _more_ biased against minorities than law enf
by jleader 12y ago
There are two separate questions that you're confusing.
You seem interested in "is the use of SWAT systematically _more_ biased against minorities than law enforcement in general."
The report seems to be addressing "is the use of SWAT systematically biased against minorities, _regardless_ of the state of the rest of law enforcement."
Both are interesting questions, but it's silly to criticize an attempt to answer one question for not answering the other. Minority individuals abused by SWAT probably won't be cheered up by "don't complain about SWAT's bias, you also get an unfair bias in jaywalking tickets."
- gfodor 12y agoThe point is the second claim says nothing. You can also ask "is the use of blue uniforms systematically biased against minorities" or "is the use of police hats systematically biased against minorities" etc and the answer will be "yes" due to the dependent variable.