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Originally Posted by dino7c
Really?
And yes that data doesn't directly mean police racism for people who live in the real world. RCMP aren't just out there looking to shoot aboriginal people at a higher rate. Ever been to a reservation?
Aboriginal people are 4x more likely to commit a violent crime and 4x more likely to be the victim of a violent crime. Same with drugs and alcohol abuse in those communities. There are multiple factors including socioeconomic factors that can be linked to racism and a vicious cycle of poverty. But to say the RCMP is just out there shooting aboriginals at a higher rate because they are racist is WRONG.
IF you are more likely to be involved in a violent crime or drug abuse you are more likely to be in that situation. It has nothing to do with the color of their skin. Its the same thing as if you grow up in a bad/poor neighborhood.
Now are some police stereotyping aboriginals because of past interactions? Yes I'm sure they are and that is wrong but you can't just say police are shooting them because racism based on those numbers alone. I guarantee you white people from poorer neighborhoods are far more likely to be shot by police then those in the suburbs.
And now to totally blow your ####ing mind my father is aboriginal making me you guessed it, aboriginal
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I would disagree some here, the reason natives are charged 4 times more than white kids is partly because the system focuses on native/poor offenders more, the downtown eastside is heavily policed compared with a park on the west side where the white kids gather to drink and get a bit rowdy, the VPD will give the white kids a mouthful and send them home, where as they will just arrest on the DTES.
It isn't overt racism so much as just an expectation that natives are troubled and so need to be contained