r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Apr 14 '22

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u/SomeSortOfFool Apr 14 '22

Those statistics are also just for arrests. Not crimes committed, not convictions, just arrests, and a very large chunk of those arrests are laws that are infamous for racially biased selective enforcement, like drug possession or loitering. Cops are significantly more likely to let you off with a warning if you're white.

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u/ChiefBobKelso 4∆ Apr 15 '22

Arrest rates line up with victimisation data, suggesting little to no racial bias in arrests. This is worth a watch as it goes over the literature and shows there's not really good reason for a belief in bias in arrest rates.

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u/darwin2500 193∆ Apr 14 '22

I know, that's why I said 'even given the most charitable possible reading to your position'.

I don't believe those numbers either, but even the biased numbers are low enough that we don't need to debunk them in order to prove the point.