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What Makes Black Men Run From the Police?
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| Aug. 27 2015
| WILL JAWANDO
Posted on 08/28/2015 4:15:02 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Half of black males in the U.S. and 44 percent of Latino males are arrested at least once by the time they are 23.
One in every 3 black males born today can expect to go to prison at some point in their lives, compared with 1 in every 6 Latino males and 1 in every 17 white males. This means that the darker your skin, the more likely it is that your arrest will result in jail time.
No, that is NOT what it means. It has nothing at all to do with the color of your skin. You are more likely to go to jail if you are a criminal and get caught committing a crime.
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posted on
08/28/2015 6:30:59 PM PDT
by
Brown Deer
(Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
To: Jack Hydrazine
“Havent you heard of Black and White Fever?”
I had to look that up since I wasnt familiar with it. Sounds like an excuse for people worried about getting caught.
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posted on
08/28/2015 6:31:08 PM PDT
by
Brooklyn Attitude
(Things are only going to get worse.)
To: Brooklyn Attitude
Of course everyone is innocent until proven guilty in our country... but in the situations that I have been involved in there wasn’t a lot of doubt that that the people that ran off were guilty.
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posted on
08/28/2015 6:31:50 PM PDT
by
fireman15
(Check your facts before making ignorant statements.)
To: nickcarraway
Warrants. Lots of them. Many for unpaid child support.
That is what happens when 75% of your race are bastards.
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posted on
08/28/2015 6:39:49 PM PDT
by
Jim from C-Town
(The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
To: Brooklyn Attitude
"Usually if you havent committed a crime you dont get arrested, but getting nervous and running from the cops can get you a felony. How stupid do you have to be to make that decision?"
I think that's the perfect explanation. Stupidity.
My wife and I love to watch Cops, just to laugh at the absolute MORONS.
Absolutely NOTHING to do with "race".
You see probably half of the perps being some white trash doing stupid $hit that gets the SAME treatment they would get if they were black.
The other night they showed an obese white guy who stuffed his upper lip with a bag of crack when he was pulled over.
The cops noticed it, and told him to spit it out or he'd be tazed.
He didn't and kept fighting.
Once the cuffs were on, he became docile as a lamb.
Now, argue all you want about the war on drugs, but FGS, act like you have some sense when dealing with the police.
The white fool turned a likely night in jail into a big-time felony.
I'm guessing that plenty of the white criminals on Cops are at the far left end of that "intelligence" bell curve shown above.
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posted on
08/28/2015 7:25:51 PM PDT
by
boop
(A joke? The hell kind of joke is that? 'Bout as funny as a gutful of pinworms!)
To: nickcarraway
What Makes Black Men Run From the Police?I thought everybody knew the answer to that.
African Black Privilege.
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posted on
08/28/2015 7:26:24 PM PDT
by
publius911
(Pissed?? You have NO idea!)
To: nickcarraway
Am I not the son, husband, father of three, attorney and former White House aide I was before you knew this about me? Sorry.
But being all those things does not grant special privilege no matter what color you are.
The "don't you know who I am?" arrogant explanation grants no one special privileges. Not even white losers. Or shouldn't.
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posted on
08/28/2015 7:42:45 PM PDT
by
publius911
(Pissed?? You have NO idea!)
To: nickcarraway
Wrong question...the right one is...
Why do black men break the law by crime, then break the law running from police?
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posted on
08/28/2015 7:45:27 PM PDT
by
Jan_Sobieski
(Sanctification)
To: nickcarraway
Well, 35% of black males 15-55 in DC are convicted criminals.
Might as well run.
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posted on
08/28/2015 9:00:29 PM PDT
by
VanShuyten
("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
To: nickcarraway
At a time when crime rates are the lowest they have been in decades, we continue to arrest and incarcerate at rates unparalleled in modern history. Author Jawando proves they aren't running because they are intelligent.
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posted on
08/28/2015 9:12:38 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
To: boop
“I think that’s the perfect explanation. Stupidity.”
Bad decision making and a failure to think things through is widespread in certain communities. If you are a fat guy caught by the cops, what do you think will be gained by resisting arrest? Are you likely to escape? What are the odds? What happens if you fail?
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posted on
08/29/2015 3:28:13 AM PDT
by
Brooklyn Attitude
(Things are only going to get worse.)
To: nickcarraway
Oh my - the guy dances all around the truth and claims such things as “even a single arrest - without conviction” can have serious career ramifications and how there is a correlation between darker skin and arrest records without addressing the actual higher rate of committing crimes.
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posted on
08/29/2015 3:36:09 AM PDT
by
trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
To: VanShuyten
Well, according to the article, they are running because they are worried about their career. Yup, I always thought that was the case.
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