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WonderingInane t1_j9s9zzm wrote

Reply to comment by WorthPrudent3028 in About 90% of drivers searched or arrested by the NYPD in 2022 were Black or Latino by mowotlarx

You do realize 90% is a ridiculously high amount. Nowhere close to that amount of the NYPD is white themselves. So you’re saying other races are in on it? For it to be that high they would have to be… or… maybe the truth that some groups do more of certain crimes is the unfortunate truth that you are incapable of accepting. Instead let’s promote conspiracy and hate instead. Smart.

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WorthPrudent3028 t1_j9scxdk wrote

90% is the search rate of NYPD. 90% of their searches are minorities. What percentage of drivers do you think are minorities?

What I said is most people driving with fake plates are white. And most drivers overall are white. If you want to solve that problem, you need to actually confront the main culprits.

I can also tell you this. I am white and I could drive around in a clown car with no plates and the cop i was replying to isn't going to do shit. Part of that is inherent bias but the other part is because he expects white people to be connected. And maybe we are. That's something I haven't done the math on. I have a DEA card because one of my best friends is a detective. I also know judges. And I don't even come from anywhere around here. The white people in NYC almost all know at least one NYPD very well. And you know, the last time I got pulled over at all in NYC was with way out of state plates a long time ago.

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WonderingInane t1_j9tdy4s wrote

You’re a straight up conspiracy theorist. Where is your data on white people with fake plates? Somehow you’re 100% sure that white people do more of the crime they just get away with it because the police are afraid they’re connected? Are you seriously that eager to believe in a racist agenda? Every white person knows a cop? You just pulled that out of your ass based on your own experience with no actual data to support it. You know a detective, you know ‘judges’? Sounds like you’re the problem you describing but you think all white people are like you based on delusion alone

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WorthPrudent3028 t1_j9tulan wrote

Where's your data on me being "100% sure?"

90% of people searched are black or brown. That's the article. One doesn't have to extrapolate any other data to see racism there.

And sure, I'm the problem in that I don't get pulled over at all. Not much I can do about that though, is there?

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WonderingInane t1_j9tvvkm wrote

You said “most people driving with fake plates are white”. What makes you so sure? You seem pretty confident. Maybe it’s just you, and not getting pulled over is your confirmation bias. Turn yourself in.

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WorthPrudent3028 t1_j9unnvd wrote

Observation makes me sure. And ghost plates are still all over town in pretty much the same numbers after the NYPD crack down on black and latino drivers. And why would I turn myself in for anything? The difference between me and you is that I acknowledge white privilege exists while you pretend it doesn't. Whether you've taken advantage of that privilege actively or passively has always been up to you, but if you are white, you have absolutely taken advantage of it.

And not getting pulled over being confirmation bias is laughable. There is plenty of demographic data on police stop rates. Driving while black is an actual thing whether you want to pretend it isn't or not.

And not only are people with fake, obscured, or no plates mostly white, they're also mostly cops. It's legitimately the easiest "crime" to actually stop if cops actually wanted to stop it. It's the most transparent violation that it's possible to commit short of open carrying a gun through Times Square. Yet it still happens.

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