Re:A Digital Rumor Should Never Lead to a Police Raid
by YeGoblynQueenne on Friday September 23, 2016 @07:15AM
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>> If the same police are repeatedly exposed to a disproportionate amount of crimes being performed-by(or accused) by a specific group, then it would only be logical for them to naturally stop/search that specific group more often.
The "accused" part is the whole point. If police accuse a particular group disproportionally on the basis that they accused them disproportionally in the past, then we have a problem.
And that seems to be the case with racial profiling- that it builds upon the misconceptions of the past and therefore perpetuates them into the future.
It's really a case of GIGO, "garbage" in this case being historically prejudiced, and therefore bad, data on who should be suspected.
Of course, as others said, if you suspect and so search a particular group disproportionally often you may reasonably expect to also charge that group disproportionally often, even if that group has the same amount of perps as every othe group (which you leave well enough alone).
The "accused" part is the whole point. If police accuse a particular group disproportionally on the basis that they accused them disproportionally in the past, then we have a problem.
And that seems to be the case with racial profiling- that it builds upon the misconceptions of the past and therefore perpetuates them into the future.
It's really a case of GIGO, "garbage" in this case being historically prejudiced, and therefore bad, data on who should be suspected.
Of course, as others said, if you suspect and so search a particular group disproportionally often you may reasonably expect to also charge that group disproportionally often, even if that group has the same amount of perps as every othe group (which you leave well enough alone).