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Originally Posted by Ark2
I wouldn't say that this is necessarily someone burying their head in the sand. Some of those stats seem pretty unlikely and simply quoting a source does not make them "facts".
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The unlikelihood of the stats is what makes them an important element to the discussion IMO.
Additional links to the being-pulled-over stat:
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But the study found that blacks and Hispanics were at least 1.5 times more likely to be stopped, and at least twice as likely to be searched.
The study also found that once searched, whites were more likely to have drugs and other contraband on them then blacks or Hispanics.
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Originally Posted by Ark2
At the same time, people might not care enough to put in the amount of time that an adequate amount of research would require to post an proper rebuttal.
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I'm sensitive to that, which is why I am efforting to balance documentation of my arguments with the time demands of a four-thousand word post.
As an unemployed bum, I'm willing to chase support for arguments that other posters don't have the time or inclination to. Beats cleaning.
PM me if you don't want to speculate in the thread.