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Implicit in your posts seems to be the assumption that crime rates and arrest rates are equal Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 06/12/2014 09:26:13 AM

or at least close to equal. But we know that isn't the case.

I am exhausted and halfway through my law exams. So I apologize for any want of clarity or organization.

I'm not disputing what seems to be the general consensus that blacks are responsible for more crime in the US than whites. But evidence exists showing that blacks are stopped by police more often than whites.

To use marijuana usage as an example: Blacks are arrested four times as often for marijuana usage as whites. By the reasoning I've seen in this thread, that means blacks commit the crime of marijuana use much more than whites. But in fact blacks and whites use marijuana at similar rates. (A decent article from the Times on the phenomenon: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/04/us/marijuana-arrests-four-times-as-likely-for-blacks.html )

In short, it doesn't follow from the fact that blacks are arrested more than whites that they in fact commit more crimes than whites. And although evidence suggests that they do commit more crimes than whites, using arrests as a measure of determining the proportion is an inaccurate method.

"We feel safe when we read what we recognise, what does not challenge our way of thinking.... a steady acceptance of pre-arranged patterns leads to the inability to question what we are told."
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New York cop pushes black man's face into pavement and chokes him to death for selling cigerettes Sports_Gambler - 04/12/2014 12:03:54 AM 1523 Views
What does his color have to do with anything? Cannoli - 04/12/2014 07:37:08 AM 995 Views
A short answer for your long post beetnemesis - 04/12/2014 04:43:12 PM 853 Views
123 blacks shot to death by cops in 2012; 326 whites. Cannoli - 05/12/2014 12:40:56 AM 971 Views
These numbers make me angry. Urza - 05/12/2014 05:39:26 AM 828 Views
I hate these stats, so misleading. Only 13% of the US population is black! Nebhead - 05/12/2014 02:02:18 PM 1016 Views
"Proportions, man." LiterateDog - 05/12/2014 02:28:23 PM 792 Views
math is hard nossy - 05/12/2014 02:45:08 PM 887 Views
It doesn't matter why. LiterateDog - 05/12/2014 03:19:54 PM 1024 Views
it does to me. nossy - 05/12/2014 03:52:01 PM 852 Views
Dangerous territories when you talk socioeconomics The Shrike - 05/12/2014 04:08:57 PM 793 Views
Danger is my middle name. *NM* nossy - 05/12/2014 04:47:23 PM 436 Views
But that's a completely separate issue than the one that the post is talking about. LiterateDog - 05/12/2014 05:12:44 PM 970 Views
Heh, yes. Because none of us ever adds layers to these posts. Ever. nossy - 05/12/2014 07:34:04 PM 897 Views
That is SUCH A BAD SENTENCE. nossy - 05/12/2014 08:07:18 PM 864 Views
I'm not Tom The Shrike - 05/12/2014 10:13:43 PM 806 Views
Thus spake Patsy Stone! LiterateDog - 05/12/2014 10:15:44 PM 810 Views
Sweetie Darling The Shrike - 05/12/2014 10:16:34 PM 692 Views
Okay. I can agree that we do go on tangents. LiterateDog - 05/12/2014 10:23:21 PM 1119 Views
Re: "Proportions, man." Nebhead - 05/12/2014 03:34:16 PM 1063 Views
So what you have implied here then is that The Shrike - 05/12/2014 04:05:10 PM 856 Views
That's a fair assumption to make *shrug* *NM* Nebhead - 07/12/2014 05:35:59 PM 555 Views
And now you're the one doing exactly what you implied Cannoli was doing. LiterateDog - 05/12/2014 05:17:25 PM 800 Views
Implicit in your posts seems to be the assumption that crime rates and arrest rates are equal Ghavrel - 06/12/2014 09:26:13 AM 924 Views
If you want to keep getting deeper in the weeds..... Anonymous2000 - 06/12/2014 07:28:49 PM 756 Views
I'm not disputing that; I'm saying there's an issue with the overall rates of arrest. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/12/2014 08:29:49 PM 376 Views
the problem with your example is it the execption not the rule random thoughts - 08/12/2014 02:40:14 PM 840 Views
I don't have any proof of that either way. I agree that broken window policing plays a role. *NM* Ghavrel - 09/12/2014 12:25:14 AM 336 Views
They question is it it worth the cost? random thoughts - 09/12/2014 04:40:02 PM 659 Views
...I'm doing no such thing. Nebhead - 07/12/2014 05:27:13 PM 958 Views
L-Dog is right, you are wrong, look at the proportion of crimes committed..... Anonymous2000 - 05/12/2014 06:30:29 PM 851 Views
Erm, no. Nebhead - 07/12/2014 05:34:38 PM 1061 Views
Unbelievable. I have no words... *NM* ironclad - 04/12/2014 10:15:32 AM 651 Views
he was not choked to death and he was not choked for selling cigerettes random thoughts - 04/12/2014 02:28:44 PM 824 Views
I mean, "Killed him without intent" is pretty much the definition of manslaughter, isn't it? *NM* beetnemesis - 04/12/2014 04:44:18 PM 448 Views
sorry but it isn't random thoughts - 04/12/2014 05:54:27 PM 767 Views
did you actually watch the video of his death? moondog - 04/12/2014 06:30:26 PM 870 Views
OK watched it all the way. Which one of my conclusions were suppossed to change? random thoughts - 04/12/2014 07:39:07 PM 721 Views
sorry, i mistook you for a human capable of compassion. my mistake moondog - 04/12/2014 07:47:35 PM 791 Views
Don't worry I don't mistaake you for someone capable of rational thought random thoughts - 04/12/2014 10:56:44 PM 727 Views
The guy is dead due to preexisting medical conditions and for resisting arrest. Anonymous2000 - 04/12/2014 05:11:41 PM 750 Views
watch the video below - the choke hold applied is barred from use by NYPD rules moondog - 04/12/2014 07:43:15 PM 941 Views
The multi-racial grand jury concluded it wasn't a choke hold. *NM* Anonymous2000 - 04/12/2014 07:47:31 PM 364 Views
with secret testimony how do you know for sure? they only chose not to indict moondog - 04/12/2014 07:52:04 PM 727 Views
The grand jury had all the facts, much, much, much more than you could imagine. Anonymous2000 - 04/12/2014 08:00:51 PM 804 Views
the grand jury had all the facts the DA felt they needed to not indict and much much more moondog - 04/12/2014 08:10:26 PM 685 Views
according to you all they needed was the video and if they didn't see that there is a problem *NM* random thoughts - 04/12/2014 10:58:34 PM 411 Views
I find this video much more damning random thoughts - 05/12/2014 05:01:11 AM 963 Views
That's pretty much what a police lieutenant in my hometown said. Cannoli - 05/12/2014 05:42:51 AM 897 Views
where did you get the heart attack from? wikipedia shows it as a homicide, as it should moondog - 04/12/2014 06:32:44 PM 780 Views
Homicide doesn't equal crime, look up the medical/legal definition of the word. *NM* Anonymous2000 - 04/12/2014 07:49:06 PM 351 Views
if only it were possible to get to the facts in a court case to prove one way or the other *NM* moondog - 04/12/2014 07:53:18 PM 403 Views
Even wiki says he died of a heart attack on his way to the hospital random thoughts - 04/12/2014 08:06:00 PM 779 Views
Wikipedia once told me about President McKinley having magical powers & Terry Goodkind being Batman Cannoli - 04/12/2014 11:44:00 PM 792 Views
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