Originally Posted by Vash02
Yes, the police started off targeting black people because they were openly racist which inflated the black prison population. Then as racism became more taboo the police justified their racist policies by pointing at the large black prison population.
If the police were to stop disproportionately targeting stop and searches at black people (the vast majority of whom have nothing found on them) and give them the same level of attention they give to white people then they would find that the ratio's of crime would drop for black people. The same goes if they gave white people the same level of attention they give to black people currently, the crime levels would rise significantly for white people.
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Regardless of who might be targeted more, I refuse to believe that the police are putting black people in jail who have nothing on them. I don't care what race you are you break the law you go to jail. This exact same argument is why the death penalty is being delayed. Apparently people think were executing more black death row inmates then white death row inmates. THEY BOTH DESERVE TO DIE WHO CARES WHO GOES FIRST.
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