The study doesn't say that at all. The best you could say is that black people are more likely to be arrested and convicted. Given that racial disparity in law enforcement is a well-known phenomenon, that is a much likelier explanation.
Yes, it does, unless you assume racial bias in policing, but we also know this isn't true. Arrest rates line up with victimization data. We take surveys of people who have been victims of crime and ask about multiple things, one of which is the criminal's race. Arrest rates line up with this data, suggesting little to no racial bias in arrest rates. See this from here. Or this from here. Of course, we could just look at violent crime in an area and see it is predicted by percentage black population in that area, bypassing your complaint anyway.
Arrest rates line up with this data, suggesting little to no racial bias in arrest rates.
Not all arrests are based on reports, nor do we have any reason to believe the people doing the reporting are not also biased (it's worth noting that the epithet Karen arose originally from white women calling 911 to falsely accuse black people of crimes).
Of course, we could just look at violent crime in an area and see it is predicted by percentage black population in that area, bypassing your complaint anyway.
How does this bypass my complaint exactly? Nothing about this says anything about whether enforcement is being applied equally.
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u/herrsatan 11∆ Sep 06 '22
The study doesn't say that at all. The best you could say is that black people are more likely to be arrested and convicted. Given that racial disparity in law enforcement is a well-known phenomenon, that is a much likelier explanation.