Posted on 12/17/2006 7:51:40 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s
Oppositely, they would have to decide to prosecute only a small percentage of violent crimes committed by overrepresented groups.
This "modern thinking" is already a reality in that the police most show racial proportionality when it comes to traffic stops in some municipalities where activist groups claim "racial profiling".
"Arrest Rate" is meaningless with out a "Conviction Rate"
You'll notice they say NOTHING about how many of those blacks arrested are from Oakland???
Can you say OAKLAND? 60% of arrests in tenderloin were from 'no locals' meaning non residetns. I think when this massive 'study' is done, they will find that in a large metropolitan area such as the Bay Area, the primary reason for the disparity has to do with outsiders committing crimes, not racism on the part of the police. Usually the most obvious answer is the correct one, and having traveled to frisco numerous times, I can say that I found no overt racism on anyones part, let alone the police.
excata mundo..........the cause is called the BAY AREA BRIDGE, not the police. Close the bridge and METRA and the problem will disappear.
Liberal hypocrisy / Celebrate Diversity Bump...
In a totally unrelated study, researchers found that black criminals in San Francisco are half as intelligent as black criminals in Sacramento, one third as intelligent as those in San Jose, Los Angeles, Long Beach, and San Diego, and one fourth as bright as those in Oakland -- which latter means they have roughly the IQ of a tree stump.
The fact that blacks are taught or made to believe that a hamstrung police force is akin to an occupying force (if this is actually a fact) is the real issue. The arrest rate angle is merely a red (or should I say black) herring.
"but this is particularly noticeable with black families. As a result, what black population there is skews heavily to the subsidized poor, as well as the homeless. A higher degree of lawlessness comes with such a territory."
Blacks in America are not only the healthiest, richest, best educated black population on earth, it is the most so in all of human history.
I would like to know something about black crime in the home of the black race, is violence, and murder, and rape higher in Africa?
It might even be useful to look at any other black communities around the world, are black neighborhoods in England, or France, or Spain, etc seen as more dangerous?
Do you suppose Blacks commit more crimes? Is that possible? Cannot be.
I think you might be misunderstanding what I meant, there. Winnow any population, black, white, Asian, Hispanic or what have you, down to the government subsidized poor and those living on the streets, and you'll see a significant increase in the rate of arrest within that population, as compared to those who are willing and able to support themselves, and who are much less prone to violating the law and being arrested. Poor life skills perpetuate or lead to poverty, and the poor are much more likely to commit crimes. This fact is what has led to the wrongheadedness of attempts at alleviating poverty by just handing over money; it does nothing to correct the bad decisions and bad behavior that created the circumstance to begin with.
Do you suppose Blacks commit more crimes? Is that possible? Cannot be.
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Just take a census of our prisons...oh, but that would be profiling, right??
Yes, and in particular the crimes that the police are targeting, such as violent crime and drug dealing in the street.
However, it is a result of the welfare state. The welfare state has destroyed the traditional family of a large percentage of blacks. When you do that to people, black or white the result is criminals. In defense of single moms many do a great job and raise good kids. However, many more do not.
Children Under 18 Living in Poverty, 2004
Category
Number (in thousands)
All children under 18
13,027
White only, non-Hispanic
4,507
Black
4,049
Hispanic
4,102
Asian
334
Poverty doesn't explain why blacks commit so much violent crime, because they don't even account for 1/3rd of the poor.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Although African American women make up roughly 13% of California's female population, they constitute 33.6% of the California female prison population. And although white females are around 48% of the female population of California, they make up only 37% of the states female prison population. Hispanic females constitute 22.3% of the female prison population. (Dept. of Finance, CA Statistical Abstract & CDC Monthly Ethnicity Report)
This may answer part of your question... it shows the california black woman being disproportinately represented with a relative propensity of 335% relative to be incarcerated over the white woman. I would like to think the judges are equal, fair and objective when they pass judgement. A person could also look at the racial mix of the judges.
Leftists are the most vicious racists on the planet.
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