07-18-2016, 08:27 PM
(07-18-2016, 12:50 PM)fredtoast Wrote: But if police looked as closely at white people as they did black people then about the same amount of each would be arrested on drug charges.
You are confusing high "arrest" rates with high "crime" rates.
No, I'm looking at high crime rates. Most black neighborhoods have a higher crime rate than white neighborhoods, so police will be there more often. It's not like police are just looking for drugs. They're looking for all types of crime. Black people are just getting caught with drugs more often, because they're in high crime area's.