Why do cops only seem to aggressively look for criminals who........

[John_Mace]

Ghetto?? Is that some place where Negroes live?

[FBJJ]

@John_Mace

Ghetto?? Is that some place where Negroes live?

Now why would you say something so silly?

[Der_Trihs]

@Lacunae_Matata

I’ve certainly noticed the bias in certain media regarding, say “Missing Middle-Class White Girl” is much more newsworthy than “Missing Poor Black Boy,” but that’s not the police - that’s Nancy Grace and her ilk.

No, that’s the police too. The concern of the police for catching criminals including murderers depends a great deal on who the victim is. Someone can kill and dismember black women and be ignored, and then the cops go all out looking for him when he branches out to whites.

[Martin_Hyde]

@Der_Trihs

No, that’s the police too. The concern of the police for catching criminals including murderers depends a great deal on who the victim is. Someone can kill and dismember black women and be ignored, and then the cops go all out looking for him when he branches out to whites.

Lol no.

[silenus]

Jul 14.

Now how did I know that?

Troll.

[FBJJ]

@silenus

Jul 14.

Now how did I know that?

Troll.

I’m not sure I know what you mean?

[Fluffy_PickleSniffer]

@El_Kabong

If your want a sincere answer to a legitimate question, the General Questions forum is your best bet.

If you would like to propose a debate, Great Debates is where you should go for that.

If you want to post an unsupported assertion with the hope of launching pointless, snarky arguments with a bunch of unimpressed strangers, well, here you are.

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KABONG!!!***

Um… uh, sorry… I don’t know what came over me…
slinks out the back door…

[Little_Nemo]

@FBJJ

But not the ones occur in the ghetto? I don’t understand?

Are you saying there’s no aggressive police presence in “ghetto” communities? Because there are plenty of people who complain the police are too aggressive in looking for criminals in these neighbourhoods.

[Little_Nemo]

@John_Mace

Ghetto?? Is that some place where Negroes live?

@FBJJ

Now why would you say something so silly?

He’s making the point that ghetto, like negro, is a dated term that doesn’t get used much nowadays.

[FBJJ]

@Little_Nemo

Are you saying there’s no aggressive police presence in “ghetto” communities? Because there are plenty of people who complain the police are too aggressive in looking for criminals in these neighbourhoods.

Wrong, they are looking to harrass guys in the hood to meet the arrest quota

[Der_Trihs]

@Martin_Hyde

Lol no.

Lol yes, they’ve done exactly that in the past.

[silenus]

@FBJJ

Wrong, they are looking to harrass guys in the hood to meet the arrest quota

Trolls got brown eyes.

[Little_Nemo]

@FBJJ

Wrong, they are looking to harrass guys in the hood to meet the arrest quota

So do you want them arresting people or not arresting people? Make up your mind.

[FBJJ]

@Little_Nemo

So do you want them arresting people or not arresting people? Make up your mind.

Only when a crime has committed in…THE HOOD

[Oakminster]

@FBJJ

Wrong, they are looking to harrass guys in the hood to meet the arrest quota

Honestly?

[FBJJ]

@Oakminster

Honestly?

you haven’t heard about the arrest quotas? Cops ride around baiting thugs so they can snap and get arrested

[Belowjob2.0]

@Der_Trihs

No, that’s the police too. The concern of the police for catching criminals including murderers depends a great deal on who the victim is. Someone can kill and dismember black women and be ignored, and then the cops go all out looking for him when he branches out to whites.

True, and not really debatable at this point. The justice system as a whole puts more effort into apprehension and punishment of those who commit crimes against the wealthy, the white, and the female than it does against those who commit crimes against the poor, the black, and the male.

the_determinants_of_punishment_deterrence_incapacitation_and_vengeance.pdf

[Martin_Hyde]

@Belowjob2.0

True, and not really debatable at this point. The justice system as a whole puts more effort into apprehension and punishment of those who commit crimes against the wealthy, the white, and the female than it does against those who commit crimes against the poor, the black, and the male.

http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/glaeser/files/the_determinants_of_punishment_deterrence_incapacitation_and_vengeance.pdf

Police are grunts–what you’re saying is different from the claim that individual police officers try less on black victim cases than white victim cases.

[Belowjob2.0]

@FBJJ

Wrong, they are looking to harrass guys in the hood to meet the arrest quota

New York City cops have been caught doing this, or rather, outed by cops who didn’t want to play the game. In NYC, in Brooklyn’s Bed Stuy district, a police precinct had the standard practice of harassing black and Latino residents and busting them on bogus charges. One cop spoke up, and was severely harassed by his coworkers.

http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-05-04/news/the-nypd-tapes-inside-bed-stuy-s-81st-precinct/

Right to Remain Silent - This American Life

The Tyranny of Comstat

[dropzone]

@John_Mace

Ghetto?? Is that some place where Negroes live?

You know that it’s true, that for me and for you the world is a ghetto.

@Oakminster

Honestly?

Well played, sir.