06-01-2018, 02:16 PM
(06-01-2018, 01:06 PM)fredtoast Wrote: The Census Bureau issues a crime report based on polling called the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). So it is not based on arrest records influenced by police bias. It shows that blacks are more likely to commit crimes against people and/or property.
But studies of drug use show that pretty much the same percentage of white people and black people use illegal drugs. So it is hard to explain why blacks are arrested and sentenced longer (even taking into account criminal history) than blacks.
There is clearly a bias in the system all the way from police through prosecutors, judges, and even jurors. And most of it is based on the idea that blacks and other minorities are more likely to be criminals.
(06-01-2018, 01:16 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Fred addresses this later and I'll go into more detail in my response to him, but this is, sadly, not the case.
Y'all are correct. After looking back over the research I had used it does specify drug crimes. I misremembered the information.
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