[null and void]

I thought you might be doing that, but it seemed so subtle and understated I rejected the possibility.

Very well played! That earns a hat tip...

[OldNewYork]

Thank you kindly, sir. I thought someone with the intellectual subtlety to shift the conversation and the blame of non-White crime on a simple (simply genius?) portmanteau of Amish and Mennonite would get it.