(December 8, 2014 at 12:33 am)Aractus Wrote:(December 7, 2014 at 12:41 pm)Losty Wrote: It is true that the percent of black prisoners is huge compared to the percent of black people in the overall population. How does this prove that there are more black criminal, though? I think it does not. It proves that white people are less likely to to be caught, less likely to be charged, and more likely to get off on a warning or other punishment that doesn't include time in prison.Where's your evidence for this conjecture?
I will look up the stats for you when I get a chance.
I don't have any on hand, so I'll have to look then up.
You know why white people are more likely to get off with a slap on the wrist? It's not because of a racist system (or not the way many people think at least) it's because white people are more likely to be able to afford decent lawyers.
Anywho, I will look up some stats for you when I get the chance