Subj : Re: Chinese Scientists Cr
To   : ROB SWINDELL
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Fri Mar 07 2025 02:14:00

RM> > That reminded me of something I read a couple of years back when they
  > > were going nuts claiming that blacks were vastly discriminated against
  > > because even though they only represented under 20% of the population
  > > in New York, they made up 60% of those in prison. Some smart person
  > > resonded to that (probably lost their job over it) that they looked
  > > into the crime statistics and that 65% of the crime was done by black
  > > people so they were actualy UNDER represented in prison..

RS>You're suggesting that someone has statistics on crimes that are commited, bu
  >ot prosecuted and proven? If the crime isn't proven, how does anyone know the
  >ce of those that committed them? This sounds very suspicious.

I think they often have reports of crimes where they know what the
person who did it looks like but they were never caught.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's right. I firmy believe that
everyone should be treated the same but, that said, stereotypes
often exist because they are right most of the time.

Unfortunately this does not allow for cops that are so bigoted that
they shouldn't have a badge, which is not quite the same as a
general order from the station for all officers to watch out for
'certain people' in some areas due to known crime statistics.
Again, not fair, but probably often produces positive  results.

I know it's not quite the same but I know a bit about what it's like
to be treated like a criminal without doing anything. I spent a few
years riding around late at night on highly customized motorcycles
and I drove a 575 HP Chevelle SS, all this while still in high school.
I got used to being pulled over and having my name run to see if there
were warrants out for me and having my car searched for drugs or
whatever, often several times a week.

You learn early to just go along with it because, although you can
legally refuse a lot of it, if you do, they will find another way
to make your life a living hell.. Eventually there was a general
order put out for the police force to leave me alone since they'd
never found anything wrong that I'd done. Not sure how large the
police force was but the city had 160,000 residents at the time.

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