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Raymond,Lynn
Theevidencesuggeststhatifthereispolice
racialbiasinarrestsitisnegligible.Victimand
witnesssurveysshowthatpolicearrestviolent
criminalsincloseproportiontotheratesatwhich
criminalsofdifferentracescommitviolentcrime
Fig.1graphshowingarrest:goggleimages.com
IfNewYorkCitywereallwhite,themurder
ratewoulddropby91percent,therobbery
rateby81percent,andtheshootingsrateby
97percent.
Wewillask,andanswerquestionslikethe
following.
Arefactslikethesetrue?
Aretheymoreleftleaningthanothers?
Arethesecriminalactsjustified?
Dotheseactsviolateanycivilrights?Fig.2pictureshowingdiscrimination:goggleimages.com
Inthenearfuturedoyouthinkthingswillbedifferent?Willtherestillbearacialbarrier?
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Dothesethingsaffectpoliticsnow?Ifso,how?
WewillalsotalkaboutthefactofhowDonaldTrumpdegradesotherpeopletotryand
makehimselflookbetter.
Fig.3tweet:www.twitter.com
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Reference
"TheColorofCrime,2016RevisedEdition."AmericanRenaissance.N.p.,n.d.
Web.27,July2016.
RetrievedAugust7,2016,from
http://www.thebirdman.org/index/Others/OthersDocRace&GroupsGeneral/+DocRace
&GroupsGeneralCrime/ColorOfCrimeRaceStatsFromAR.htm