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Posted by J Trainloco on Sun Apr 21 13:41:22 2013, in response to Re: The 3 Train, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Apr 21 10:11:36 2013. Minorities make up a disproportionate number of stops because they commit a disproportionate number of violent crimes. Don't you read the newspaper? They probably account for 90% of shootings and violent crimes in NYC,LI,NENJ,and the area. The cop who stops a gangsta and gets a gun or knife off the street is probably saving a black life in the process.90% isn't the right number, but it kind of comes close to the truth in NYC.Here's the data. I don't disagree that the tactic should be to stop people who fit the descriptions, but it certainly doesn't engender goodwill when the police are frequently stopping innocent people in their home neigborhoods. My skin is far too light for me to experience this, but many of my friends and family have gone through being stopped, searched and then released with no explanation. It's embarassing, and it unfortunately fosters distrust. I've seen several cases of people resisting arrest,trying to incite the crowd that gathers around to watch. It's a smart move. You're going to jail anyway and you know people are recording,so maybe you'll get lucky and get a hotheaded cop to do something stupid and have charges dropped. Or better yet,a lawsuit. Yes, these people are criminals. They fight back against the police. I assure you that it's not something that the community is training everyone to do. When a minority doesn't resist arrest, you don't see those cases because no one records it. There are far more cases of the latter than the former. There are also white people resisting arrest. It is what it is. What doesn't get picked up in the statistics above is the economic class of the perpetrators of crimes. Yes, minorities make up a disproportionate amount of suspects in crimes, but they also make up a disproportionate amount of people living at or below the poverty line in this city. I would like to see what the crime stats are, further broken down by household income of the suspects. Of course, the whole point being made earlier in this thread is that someone's financial status can't be determined just by looking at someone, which is what one poster clearly said. |
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