Is it always racism?

[brokenreflector]

Well, I think something fishy is going on.
It's true that "a certain segment" of the population is disproportionately picked up, prosecuted, imprisoned, etc.

So you believe in the conspiracy theory that blacks really do not commit more crimes than other populations and that they're just picked on more for no good reason?

Hahahhaa. Ooh, boy.

This isn't proof that they are in fact doing more crime. It may well mean that the system is less likely to give them a break, or a policeman is more likely to make certain judgments.

I would go with Occam's razor. If a certain population is being arrested more than others, then I think it's a pretty safe assumption that they're actually committing more crime rather than believe there's some giant conspiracy against them.

The biggest crimes in recent years have been committed by bankers who got away with it. These were disproportionately white.

I'll assume that's true for the sake of discussion. They got away with it because they're rich, not white. Rich black people get away with shit all the time.

And for the record, I don't consider myself a liberal. I am left wing. These days US liberals (Clinton, Biden, et.al.) are not left wing in the least.

I don't really care. You're all libtards to me.