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mowotlarx OP t1_j9rjj6u wrote

Reply to comment by Bma1500 in About 90% of drivers searched or arrested by the NYPD in 2022 were Black or Latino by mowotlarx

Do they stop everyone with fake plates? Or do they pick and choose?

It's the latter. We already know that. Police enforcement isn't even handed and is often racist. Crime rate demographics mostly signify who was stopped, not who commits the crimes.

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Bma1500 t1_j9rjxoq wrote

You tell me. You’re the one saying it’s racist to arrest people for fake license plates

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mowotlarx OP t1_j9rqivp wrote

You're being willfully obtuse. Do you think black people are the only ones with fake plates? Or the only ones the police stop and fine for it?

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user_joined_just_now t1_j9sqmpb wrote

> Crime rate demographics mostly signify who was stopped, not who commits the crimes.

In 2021, 90.7% of murder victims in NYC were black or Latino. A similar percentage of arrested murder suspects were black or Latino, mirroring the belief that most murders are intraracial. However, only 3.9% of suspects in NYC arrested for murder in 2021 were white. Since this is racist, could you give a ballpark estimate as to how high this number should be to resolve the issue? After that, we can start brainstorming ideas to achieve equity in murder.

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