Originally Posted By RoadTrip DAR, we are all racist... we can't help it. It is in our genes. All we can do is recognize it and try to do something about it. If I'm "on the square" late at night in Downtown Springfield and a group of young white guys approach me I don't worry about it too much. If a bunch of young Black guys approach me I do worry. I know it makes no sense. Springfield has a very high crime rate for a city of its size, and less than 3% of the population is Black. My brain tells me they can't be the ones committing all the crimes. But my subconscious makes me worry anyway. That is racism.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<Springfield has a very high crime rate for a city of its size, and less than 3% of the population is Black.>> RT, any idea what's driving this, other than the usual suspect of low job prospects? Does Springfield have an inordinate number of meth lab operations relative to other mid-west towns?
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Yes. Meth is a major problem in all of SW Missouri. It used to be #1 in Meth production in the United States, though I believe that dubious honor now goes to Tennessee.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 One breed of police officer that will never let you down <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/05/28/deputy-k-9-ambush-attack-mississippi/28062533/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/...8062533/</a> Let's face it our four legged friends are better than 99% of the population.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Tennessee? I thought they were the bath salt smokin' capital of the world? (Hal Sparks from Disney XD's Lab Rats has a whole comedic riff on Tennessee rednecks and their bath salt addiction.)
Originally Posted By RoadTrip According to this source the top three states are: 3) Missouri (#1 prior to 2014) 2) Tennessee 1) Indiana <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/lists/meth_states/">http://www.realclearpolitics.c..._states/</a>
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Gee, I'd have thought New Mexico. But I guess with both the Heisenberg and Fring operations shut down...
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Hero dog rescues woman first week on job <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://myfox8.com/2015/05/24/k9-call-of-duty-nc-police-dog-saves-missing-woman-first-week-on-the-job/">http://myfox8.com/2015/05/24/k...the-job/</a>
Originally Posted By ecdc <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.theonion.com/article/man-going-to-trust-societys-determination-that-he--37486">http://www.theonion.com/articl...e--37486</a> Great job, Onion!
Originally Posted By ecdc <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.vox.com/2015/5/29/8687205/criminal-justice-racism">http://www.vox.com/2015/5/29/8...e-racism</a> Here, Vox takes down Megyn Kelly with some basic statistical facts: 1) Black people are disproportionately incarcerated 2) White and black Americans use and sell drugs, but black people are punished far more for it 3) Black defendants get longer prison sentences for the same crimes 4) Mandatory minimum sentences disproportionately punish African Americans 5) Black people are a lot more likely to receive the death penalty 6) Police are more likely to shoot and kill black suspects 7) Research shows police — and the general public — hold subconscious biases against black people
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Well thank you for enlightening me. Next time a black person commits a crime it's likely not their fault and more their lot in life.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>Next time a black person commits a crime it's likely not their fault and more their lot in life.<< Good to know you think it's fair that black people are more harshly punished for being suspected of the same crimes as white people.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 I didn't say it was fair, but regardless you can't make excuses for one group as to why they commit crimes when they do. Hispanics or Asians don't make the same ones.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Give it up, guys. DAR's got the same logical fallacy in evaluating objective data as the viewers of Fox News.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 What logical fallacy, that I recgonize every race is capable of committing a crime something you can't accept.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 No. Nobody here said black people don't commit crime. You are reading things into these posts that no one ever said.
