Monday, April 12

Crime Data in the USA

According to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention  whites commit more crime than any other ethnic group.  Of the approximately 10,000 crimes committed in 2019, 7,000 were committed by whites, 2,500  by blacks, 250 by Native Americans, and 150 by Asians.  This data reflects both juvenile and adult offenders...

According to the HAMILTON PROJECT:  Black and white Americans sell and use drugs at similar rates, but black Americans are 2.7 times as likely to be arrested for drug-related offenses.

The article goes on to say...  The disparate criminal justice experience of black Americans has played an important role in reform discussions. Differences in incarceration rates are stark: in 2007 a black man between the ages of 18 and 25 without a high school diploma was more than three times more likely to be incarcerated than a non-Hispanic white man of the same age and education level (Raphael 2011).

However, it is challenging to relate rates of criminal activity to differences in punishment. Data limitations make it helpful to focus on one type of criminal activity—drug-related crimes—and to allow for comparison by race between reported rates of selling and using illicit drugs to drug-related arrests, sentences, and incarceration.

Being a white male, I have a problem with this data because it clearly denotes an ARREST BIAS in law enforcement...  and all arrests should be made equally or else the law abandons it purpose to serve and protect the people...  and, if I was a black person and came in contact with this information, I would be OFFENDED.

WAKE UP AMERICA...


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