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Re:Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American ... by DanBC on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @09:04AM (#9576011)
detected crime rates depend on race. That's not surprising when institutional racism creates a system focused on criminalising black people.
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Re:Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American ... by rhino369 on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @12:43PM (#9577525)
Look at murder rates that are harder to overlook. The murder rage amongst black men is about 8-10x more then white men.

Obviously historical racism is the huge cause here. But you cannot just write off the crime rates due to different policing.

Poor Black neighborhoods are simultaneously over and under policed. Gangs and criminals have free reign and then cops capriously make a show of force.

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Re:Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American ... by dragonwriter on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @12:52PM (#9577576)
> Poor Black neighborhoods are simultaneously over and under policed.

They are under policed ("guardian" model) and overmuch hostilely occupied by the police ("warrior" model).

They are the places most in need of effective community-oriented policing, and the places that get that kind of policing the least.

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