RE: I saw this (non religious) video on Facebook and it made me angry
August 27, 2014 at 9:21 am
(August 27, 2014 at 7:53 am)Losty Wrote: Drich here is a chart of Ferguson police stats.
http://ago.mo.gov/VehicleStops/2013/reports/161.pdf
Yes, there are more arrests made of black people, but it's only because more black people are stopped. (At least of contraband searches)
White people actually have a higher rate of being being found with contraband but they have a lower rate of arrests. Which makes sense considering that only 47 white people were stopped compared to the over 500 black people who were stopped.
did you look at the reasons they were stopped?
They were all legit reasons.
this is how we know this:
Did you see the 'no action taken' column? both white and black have a 1 to 2% 'no action taken.' That is police speak for we pulled over an innocent person, and cut them loose, because we wrongly suspected criminal activity.
Now if Innocent Black people were being targeted then this stat would be higher than whites or anyone else. as it is a 1% margin of error is not a bad track record.
Again not saying black people are not being targeted at all, but at the same time if these 'targets' result in actual instances where the law was broken, then why wouldn't we expect to see more black arrests?
The thing most people seem to be afraid to ask, are black people actually commiting more crime?
IF they are then what? are Law enforcement offers just to turn a blind eye? if so which crimes? and why?
Honestly I don't think it is a race thing at all. Looking at race is an archaic way of trying to classify and compile stats. social/ecconomic factors are the driving force behind crime, not a skin color.
