anarchist23 wrote:There is institional racism in the US police force and this fact is accepted by the police themselves.
Lies, damm lies and statistics..
The key statement in the previous article is...
This is a better indicator...
Stats from FBI
Then maybe the US justice system doesn't know what they are talking about.
https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/Housing/PropertyManagers/ManagementResources/CriminalJusticeSystemDisparities_07-23-13.pdfThis presentation argues your case yet the Asian/Pacific Island stats show some minorities have much lower conviction rates than other identified groups (slide 15). If there is institutional racism toward minorities, how can this be explained?
One thing that is clear is that males are overwhelmingly the offenders. Furthermore, it is young males. And it is poor males. Some ethnic groups are economically disadvantaged.
Note also the rising incarceration rates overall and then also note the rise in socio-economic inequality in America over the last 50 years. Me thinks this is about more than racism. Those ethnic groups without a strong tradition of discipline and education have suffered more than average. The white majority have suffered on average. The more disciplined, educated minorities have done better than average.
So this tells us it is a question of values. It would appear Asian values are more successful in an increasingly competitive environment than white American values (we haven't controlled for class though) and the values of marginalised minorities are even less successful.
If we wanted to overcome these disparities, should we compensate the less competitive, that is address inequality, or require everyone to adoption Asian values? The former would be expensive, while not guaranteeing any change in crime, while the later would require a fundamental change in values in order to accept a more patriarchal, hierarchal and authoritarian society, but with greatly reduced crime.
After all, it is about reducing crime. You can't just tell the police to ignore crime in order to get the statistical outcome you want. Complaining about institutional racism in the police while ignoring some minority groups have high rates of crime is socially irresponsible.