This story was posted on Yahoo.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070718/ap_on_re_us/prisons_racial_disparity
If you are going to say that blacks are more likely to become incarcerated than whites, then is it only fair to state in the report how blacks are much more likely to commit crimes?
Blacks as a % of their population are much more likely to commit a crime than whites.
As an example, say that blacks are 10% of the population, but 30% of the criminals. These numbers are only for explanation and may or may not be true.
Then, blacks are 3 times more likely to be in jail simply because they commit more crimes per 100,000.
Where is this in the report? I cannot see it.
How about what types of crimes? Violent crimes are almost mandatory jail time, while petty crimes are generally not.
Is it any wonder why conservatives like myself do not pay attention to the press when they completely distort the story by leaving out relevant facts.
2007-07-20
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