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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Just so we're clear - you're suggesting the 8 times higher rate of homicide convictions of blacks is due to police and court bias? So thousands of innocent blacks going to jail for homicides, while thousands of whites who commit murder go free?
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Originally Posted by peter12
You won't get a response to this.
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I'll take an amateur stab at it. Homicides are just part and parcel to the cycle of violence amongst African Americans, which is connected to the war drugs, which has targeted low income citizens (see: black people).
I get the point CliffFletcher is getting at - that while others are pointing to black people not being given a fair shake by law enforcement, homicide somehow proves this isn't the case because everyone who commits murder is charged if caught, so there the stats can't be skewed.
I just found the point to be disengenous at best, in his continual quest to downplay any perceived struggles or inequality towards African Americans. I guess if we all just said "Yes, CliffFletcher black people just need to be better people and we'll stop looking to blame anyone but them for their struggles" then maybe we'd reach an agreement?