Newark cops, with reform, didn't fire a single shot in 2020

Re:Newark cops, with reform, didn't fire a single shot in 2020 by ardit33 on Saturday April 24, 2021 @03:45PM (#26927742)

I have heard the 'red-lining' problem, at is is a problem in wealth accumulation but it still doesn't explain high crime rates at all.

Problem is that you have lots of poor immigrants that immigrated here from former communist countries, or latin america, or Laos/Cambodia, with no money and no savings whatsover. Some came as starving refugees, and are still poorer than the average.

Yet, they don't end up doing crime at the same rate as some other poor people.

Being poor seems like a copout and doesn't address the issue.

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Re:Newark cops, with reform, didn't fire a single shot in 2020 by triceratops on Saturday April 24, 2021 @04:30PM (#26928055)

I imagine immigrants self-select for traits like conscientiousness, ambition, and drive. Comparing them to the general population won't yield useful results.

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Re:Newark cops, with reform, didn't fire a single shot in 2020 by NoImmatureAdHom on Saturday April 24, 2021 @04:58PM (#26928217)

There are all sorts of immigrants...economic migrants, refugees, etc.

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Re:Newark cops, with reform, didn't fire a single shot in 2020 by colinmhayes on Saturday April 24, 2021 @04:50PM (#26928179)

Immigrants are by definition the hardest working people. Comparing them to normal people is worthless.

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Re:Newark cops, with reform, didn't fire a single shot in 2020 by NoImmatureAdHom on Sunday April 25, 2021 @08:41AM (#26932276)

lolwut?

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