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Re:Map of America's Racial Segregation by knowtheory on Monday August 26, 2013 @08:47AM (#6276633)
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.

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Re:Map of America's Racial Segregation by newnewnew on Monday August 26, 2013 @07:36PM (#6280598)
Mayor 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_m...

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Re:Map of America's Racial Segregation by asdfdsa1234 on Monday August 26, 2013 @11:01AM (#6277473)
Crime victim surveys corroborate those figures.
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Re:Map of America's Racial Segregation by knowtheory on Monday August 26, 2013 @01:34PM (#6278503)
Just to be clear, corroborate which figures?
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