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Salty,
As to your statement/... about why black males are arrested more, I can only answer from my experience as a police officer for five years..
Which most likely has nothing to do with skin color as much as it does .....that is where the crime is.The black police officer's association of St. Louis also released a study based on the department's own data that showed that there is a disparity in how blacks are policed versus whites.
Black criminality has been raging for years. Black racism for whites is red-hot.To Rippon,
I have to wholeheartedly disagree with your statement that "black victimization is an enduring myth." What makes you say that?
Terrell, first off, I was going to say welcome to the board, but evidently you're a long time / little post member. I don't know how much you lurk, or how much you've seen, but let me point you to this: http://www.baptistboard.com/threads/statistics-dont-and-cant-lie.101121/Revmitchell, the study released by the Ethical Society of Police showed the opposite. Not that crime was higher in black neighborhoods, but that police responded differently in how they handled the same crimes that occurred in each type of neighborhood. There are multiple unbiased studies that show that crime occurs at a similar rate in both neighborhoods, but police are less likely to arrest or cite whites when they commit the same crimes, or even worse crimes, as a black person.
On a whole, verified by statistics, whites commit more crimes than blacks.
Well, then Terrell, you are either plainly uninformed or are in denial.Rippon, the comment about Hillary and Obama, and your final post come across as foolish.
Sapper Woody, thanks for semi-welcoming me. I actually visit the board 2-3 times a week. I have made minimal posts up to this point because I didn't necessarily see the need to/felt so passionate about a subject that I needed to post/respond. In general, I understand that not everyone is going to read/interpret the Bible in the exact same way, and as long as we agreed on the fundamentals, I just tried to enjoy the dialogue and mental gymnastics. This was the first post that brought me to that point.
I disagree with your statement about blacks "congregating" in specific areas. The implies that throughout our nations history, they have had the option of where they would live. It has been well documented that red-lining has been practiced, and still, is in many areas, affecting where minority cultures can/are able to live. Obviously, if a person doesn't make enough money to live in a particular area, it isn't an option for them. Also, to your statement, "The second is that police are arresting blacks at a rate of 3x more than they are committing crimes. I reject that as well." Again, there are multiple studies that show that this is true, even outside my experience as a police officer. Here is a link to a christian blog that cites multiple statistics and the studies that show where the data was accumulated. http://www.jbwtucker.com/ultimate-w...&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork. I don't necessarily agree with his comments surrounding the whole discussion. I mention the blog because it has a vast outline of the statistics and the sources where they were derived from. I also disagree that there are only three viable options to consider. There are multiple more options for why a group of people is influenced to do/believe any given thing, including this subject. Blessings to you as you complete your studies and prepare to begin to teach a new generation of students.
Rippon, we can go round and round where I provide videos of white people attacking black people in other ways than the knockout game. Although whites may not participate in the knock out game at the same rate as blacks, they commit other heinous crimes/play other games that blacks don't necessarily participate in. I can provide you copies of police reports that I wrote where white people committed home invasions on black people. I can also provide you with reports that I have written about white people burning crosses, stealing from, raping, etc. black people. I can also provide the same as it relates to white people against Asians, Vietnamese, Burmese, Native American, Bosnian and many other nationalities. But I don't think that will move your opinion one bit.
I responded to your original post because it came across as if you believed/felt that one particular group of people is almost irredeemable. I understand that nothing that I say, even bolstered with statistics or facts, will change your thoughts/feelings. You will continue to provide anecdotal evidence that will continue a circular argument. As I said earlier, I don't know you. I don't wish you any ill will. I'm just shocked that this attitude is displayed on a christian board. Before it gets said, this type of attitude that I'm referring to is probably expressed against white people on other boards that are primarily visited by black people. That's why I don't visit/frequent those boards.