Are blacks targeted by police more because of institutional racism or because they commit more crimes?

Question

Are blacks targeted by police more because of institutional racism or because they commit more crimes?

Answer 1

Blacks are not targeted by police. The fact is, or at least to some statistics that 3% of the Black population commits 90%+ of the crimes in the United States.

Answer 2

Well lets look at the recent incident where a man went out to walk his dog. He had told his teen daughter to stay at home as it was getting dark. Three young black males were playing basketball, two were fifteen the third was fourteen. They got bored so decided to rob the man walking his dog. They shot him and took his money two were caught one is still armed and out there.

First off they got bored! so decided to rob a person? What is wrong with the youth today? Second they were armed. I mean how many laws are out there saying it is illegal to carry a handgun until you are 21 in most states. Where did they get it ? Again the law states it is illegal to sell a handgun to a minor. Third it was used while committing a felony another law broken. Yet all these feel good politicians are crying background checks and registration, once again criminals do not care about your stupid a** laws. SO who does it effect the law abiding. Maybe if he had been armed and proficient he would still be alive.

There we have another problem as it would of been a white man killing Black teenagers. Sure even though he would of been saving his life he would of been wrong. No outcry as it was a group of black teenagers killing a white guy.

My point on all this is if a person or group doesn't want the police to target them then they need to police up their own first. Then they have a reason to complain. In areas of NY they complain because the police take to long to come to calls in one area. Why because they wait for backup. Yet many of them rioted and complained about the law enforcement recently. Funny how they complain about them not getting there fast enough when they need them but complain about them when they do react.

Answer 3

As a user said, 3% of the black people have done more than 90% of the crimes in USA. So the logical answer would have been yes they do but no because that statistic also says that 97% of the black people that dont do crime. So according to my opinion those who do crimes are theives or criminals and there is no special term needed for any ethnic group.

Answer 4

When the police are called to the hood forty times a night chances are highly likely to involve black people.

Answer 5

"The Left wants to blame these outcomes on racial animus and poverty, but back in the 1940s and ’50s, when racial discrimination was legal and black poverty was much higher than today, the black crime rate was lower. The Left wants to blame these outcomes on “the system,” but blacks have long been part of running that system. Black crime and incarceration rates spiked in the 1970s and ’80s in cities such as Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, and Philadelphia under black mayors and black police chiefs. Some of the most violent cities in the U.S. today are run by blacks."



That is a clip from an article recently published in Imprimis. I suggest you take the time to read the whole article. It has some interesting viewpoints... on BOTH sides of the issues.



https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/race-relations-and-law-enforcement/

Answer 6

Has all to do. With location of the crime. Type of crime committed. And description of offenders.

Most of the time. This is all the Uniform has to deal with. If your patrolling a all black community

and your description of the offender was black. Are you saying we look for a white guy. Or a

Asian. Here is a real toughie. If your grid is the South Side of Chicago. And your radio sparks

with shots fired. Are your going to run for the suburbs of Chicago or are you going into the

projects where 92 percent of the crimes are committed by blacks.

Answer 7

I don't think they are "targeted" at all. I think a lot of it has to do with the lack of respect shown the police by some of the blacks-and their lack of respect for authority in general. Much of it is the demographics and socioeconomics of areas that many of these situations occur. The media doesn't help much with its rush to push these stories and the outcry by folks like Sharpton and Jackson. Also, many times we see the end results and are not privy to what happened before hand.



is there some racism in police forces? Sure. and that racism probably goes both ways. I still contend that the vast majority of the time if you respond to a police officer with respect you'll not end up beat down or shot or tazed or anything like that. If you are confrontational and/or uncooperative then you increase the likely hood of an "incident" exponentially.



Duke

Answer 8

Overwhelmingly because a much larger proportion of their population, as compared with other ethnic groups, ARE criminals. One can even argue with some validity that "institutional racism" (whatever that means), if it exists, is brought about by the prevalence of criminality in the black community. And it isn't only me saying this - more than a few black intellectuals say the same thing.



Yes, they produce more crime per capita.



No, I don't consider myself to be a "racist". But I have to admit that I wonder about folks who seem to be constantly obsessed with this whole idea.

Answer 9

It is not a simple answer. Institutional racism, inequality and unequal opportunities in life, single parent households with poor father role models. Also, more crimes are committed African Americans. So black society bears some responsibility, but so does our largely white run society. Pointing fingers at others is pointless because we are all hypocrites.

Answer 10

They commit more crimes we all know it hell they know it

Answer 11

Racism by police?! That s complete BS. Blacks attack, steal from, and kill so many other people. Then they use the excuse "We ve been victimized for centuries" to get away with it. Yes, I understand that blacks were discriminated a lot in the past, but the past is the past and no one can change it. I don t have a problem with Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks, but some blacks nowadays are just so goddamn stupid.

Answer 12

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Answer 13

They aren't targeted more unless the area has more blacks committing crimes.



You know for such racists, white people sure must think that Asians are actually better than whites are because Asians are targeted more for high-tech jobs, grants, promotions, and other more cerebral needs.



Hmm, interesting how that works. Asians tend to perform better, so they even have advantages over white people in a nation run mostly by white people.



Until black Americans realize that racism is not an issue, racism will always be an issue that holds them back.

Answer 14

First of all, I'm not sure is really anyone has the data to prove this widely debated question. I feel that sometimes issues are taken out of proportion, often by the media, simply because we do not have the facts, or no one can prove it. I am not saying that this issue is nonexistent, because obviously it is. Historically, blacks have been know to have less rights, and black liberties, relative to the historical timeline, are very new, and there are lingering prejudices. That is not to say that there are some racist cops, of course. However, in media we only get the written story, not the originally story, and we don't have the whole picture. We know there is racism and we know there can be inaccuracy in the media. Long story short, I personally don't believe there is a direct, fully accurate, concrete answer.

Answer 15

I think it is a little of both. I can t presume to know the intention of police officers and the culture of their departments regarding blacks. I ve been on both sides of it so I can honestly say I have no particular bias on the issue. Me and a couple of guys were rightfully targeted, when we showed up on campus after shopping for supplies and found that the police were looking for us after they got a call that three black guys shop lifted from a local Dollar General. I didn t partake in it at all but the others did, so I was guilty by association. The officers didn t treat us any differently from anyone else I believe, despite being in a small rural college, can t even say "town". Only once can I say that I felt largely targeted for my race, when I was pulled over for a very minor traffic violation, while having two other minorities in the vehicle with me. The officer tried to make it a big deal, but he had absolutely nothing on me. Being a minority I was expecting at some point in my life and accept that that is how things are sometimes.

Answer 16

It may be that they commit more crimes but as a white person I can say its not their fault (to an extent). African Americans were slaves..Simple as. They had no education etc. I personally think that its the government thats has to regenerate the poorer run down ghettos..Without giving people a chance of good education and a safe environment how is anyone meant to grow? You see to many (both black and other foreign nationalities) falling victim to this. They may not be forced into making wrong decisions but if you have a family that is uneducated sometimes it can just happen. The government need to help get kids to stay in school and let them have a chance to further their education and skills. If not they will fall through the cracks and be lost. That is the only way you can REALLY stop crime. Not building more prisons to compensate for the growing volume...



Just a thought

Answer 17

Saying that African Americans commit more crimes is a symptom of institutional racism. Blacks are convicted of the most crimes. They do not commit the most crimes. White collar crimes are seldom even prosecuted yet cost society and the economy far more than the petty mostly drug crimes that blacks are convicted of.

Answer 18

Well blacks are not the only ethnicity targeeted by police...every race commits crimes we just hear more about police brutality with african americans is because the media likes to stir things up...i'm not saying there are not racists cops becuase there are just like racist everyday people..you hear more about police officers commiting crimes against black people alot...most of the time they are white police officers...but there is black on black crime, white on black crime and white on white crime, the fact that most of the stories we hear about police brutality with blacks is because most of the time they are precived to be "good, kids with bright futures" sometimes this is true, but sometimes its not. Every race commits crimes, we have just been thrown back in the 50's and 60's and are racially divided, and thats a very sad and unfortunate truth

Answer 19

It is not a simple answer. Institutional racism, inequality and unequal opportunities in life, single parent households with poor father role models. Also, more crimes are committed African Americans. So black society bears some responsibility, but so does our largely white run society. Pointing fingers at others is pointless because we are all hypocrites.

Answer 20

There are some black criminals, maybe more black criminals than their share of the US population. I've known some of them personally and called them friends.



So police don't ONLY target black men because of institutional racism -- but institutional racism does exist, and the cops respond to it by stopping black men more than white folks, arresting them more, and being more likely to shoot them, even when they're unarmed. Probably because SOME police -- like some of the white cops in Ferguson -- really are personally racist. But probably more because our entire society has come to look on black men as symbols of danger & lawlessness.



Just the way you're portraying them now, right?



There also are inequalities & injustices in the ways that judges & juries sentence black vs. white defendants, especially for non-violent drug-related crimes.



-- democratic socialist

Answer 21

Can never be absolutely sure. I think it's because in the most crime ridden places, there are a lot of black people. So people associate being black with being violent. I say judge a person by their situation, attitude, behavior etc. not their by their color. Unfortunately there are a lot of predominantly black neighborhoods with drug/gang related violence. I think every race is equally violent at heart. Some are just more secretive about it. Look at white people for instance. Serial killers are mostly white. There is a reason for all this. We are all different. We are different and yet the same. It's a beautiful thing but some people are afraid of the differences because mentioning them would make them "racist."

Answer 22

I will say this black commits crimes we all know that. I'm African American/ Black I will say this we should be held accountable for our crimes but what a lot of people don't realize is that whites commit crimes on a scale just like us but it isn't reported as often don't believe me watch this link.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ABRlWybBqM



. I will say that there is a target on black people but it can be defused if we treat authority the right way when stopped and Vise-Versa I don't care if the black person ahead of me sassed you or your having a bad day. If I treat you with respect I feel like I deserve that back or you will be meet with some back. Now I do feel like certain laws target blacks/Minorities like the "Stop and Frisk" law well over 93% of those stops are blacks and Minorities. Still I feel like its more of Racial profiling. If it walks like a duck acts like a duck quacks like a duck it must be a duck right? same thing for blacks. Its its skin it dark its a thug, if his pants sag its a thug, if its out late at night its a thug type thing. Failing to forget that most black people actually dress the same. I can guarantee if you go into a black neighborhood all the boys will have on this outfit.



Kaki Pants or shorts. ( usually because a lot of schools wear uniforms so a lot of kids just wear uniform pants)

A Hoodie (black or school hoodie)

Nike socks with Nike slides or Jordan.



Bam I just describe the average black man walking down the streets.

Answer 23

They're targeted more in areas where their demographic is committing more of the crimes.



In areas where they aren't committing more of the crimes, they aren't targeted as much.



However, IF every situation where a police man is dealing with a black male has to do with some kind of issue, it is going to cause them to be more suspicious of that demographic simply because we humans are naturally inclined to profile those things which seem to fit a certain pattern more often.



It's an effective survival mechanism. When you learn that something most of the time means a bear is nearby, you avoid it because you're profiling the situation.



It's just natural to profile when something keeps happening that seems to fit a pattern.



It's why kids are watched more closely than elderly, because kids are frequently causing mischief of some sort.



It's why Asians are frequently targeted for high-paying positions and tech-field expertise.



It's why black people are chosen more for playing basketball.



It's why black males are often followed around and watched more closely than people of any other race.

Answer 24

Blacks are NOT targeted by cops. Wanna know who is targeted by cops? People who commit a crime. It sucks seeing all these protests and hatred toward cops because an African american was shot and killed. If you look up statistics it shows the majority of people shot by cops are actually white, but there are never protests for them. All we ever hear about is the bad in cops. But what about the good? They keep the streets safe for us and children.



I'm sorry but if you come at a cop with a gun or attack them in some way, you should be shot, no matter the color of your skin. Don't wanna get shot? Don't aim a gun at them.

Answer 25

Blacks are not targeted by the police. Sure are some targeted wrongfully by the police but there is a reason why blacks are looked down upon by the white community which pays most of the taxes in the US and has to deal with the racism dished out from non whites. Blacks cause most of the crime in the US.

Answer 26

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they commit less crimes but are targeted more often actually .



There are some black criminals, maybe more black criminals than their share of the US population. I've known some of them personally and called them friends.



So police don't ONLY target black men because of institutional racism -- but institutional racism does exist, and the cops respond to it by stopping black men more than white folks, arresting them more, and being more likely to shoot them, even when they're unarmed. Probably because SOME police -- like some of the white cops in Ferguson -- really are personally racist. But probably more because our entire society has come to look on black men as symbols of danger & lawlessness.



Just the way you're portraying them now, right?



There also are inequalities & injustices in the ways that judges & juries sentence black vs. white defendants, especially for non-violent drug-related crimes.

Answer 27

It depends on what kinds of crimes you are talking about. Yes, blacks commit more robberies and street-corner drug sales, but whites are the ones who allowed the drugs into the country in the first place. And more drugs are consumed by whites in the suburbs than by blacks in the city. The crimes that do the REAL damage to this country, like the Savings & Loan Scandal, Junk Bonds, the housing market crash, 65% of US corporations not paying taxes, and US corporations shipping jobs overseas , are committed by whites. The petty street crimes committed by blacks PALE in comparison to the economic damage done by the wealthy white 1% and Fortune 500 companies. Besides, the crimes committed by blacks affects mostly other black people, so I don't even understand why the majority of Americans are even worried about it: it generally doesn't affect you.

Answer 28

Racism in the Police Force, especially in the southern states, is rampant at nearly 100%, but also is crime committed by African-Americans, to say otherwise is just naive.

The Police are wary of African-Americans carrying guns, and African-Americans are wary of a murderous racist Police Force.

Far, far, too many are arrested for crimes they did not commit, but then these same people have committed numerous other crimes they have not been brought to justice for.

The only way to stop this cycle of racism and violence is for the racist police officers to be publicly charged and convicted for their crimes.

The people (white and black) need to see justice, and crime prevention carried out fairly.

Answer 29

Racism

Answer 30

Because of institutional racism.



During the "Stop & Frisk" program in NYC, 98% of all of its victims were let go, after being harassed, because there were NO crimes. Most of the rest had very trivial charges.



If you had any brain, and were in any way human, you'd have known that.



Drug use is as common among Whites as Blacks; Blacks are overwhelmingly imprisoned over drug charges.

Answer 31

Because they commit more crimes!



Black males "institutionalize" THEIR OWN disposition!



White people have nothing to do it with it. We don't influence them to do anything to commit those crimes.



Plus, a lot of those crimes are done out of jealousy and vengeance towards the allegedly white construct, of "white society."

So when they commit those crimes, they do it as a form of rebellion against a white society. Even though theses crimes happen in MAJORITY BLACK communities.





So, they have the hatred running in their minds. I could care less. Political Discrimination is virtually over.



Black people will keep doing those crimes until they stop believing that its a "white society" and or that it is THEIR BLACK society.

Answer 32

Both. There is a higher percentage of crime committed by black community considering their actual numbers. Blacks ARE more predisposed to commit crimes and defy authority (not genetically, but based on upbringing and peer pressure). However, blacks ARE discriminated against based on clumping of all blacks based on the examples of those who do partake in crime and defiant behaviors. It's a shame all the way around.

Answer 33

Blacks are not targeted. However, they do statistically commit more crimes then any other race in the USA. Just of a fact of life. Prove me wrong.

Answer 34

Blacks simply make easier targets. The age old stereotypes that drive the "blacks" commit more crimes nonsense is a catalyst in the process. Link that up with institutionalize and systematic racism that's been practiced in the US for decades and there you have it. Many will make all kinds of excuses for police misconduct towards black people. Lack of respect for one, Why should you respect someone that harasses you for NO LEGAL REASON.

Answer 35

Blacks comprise about 13% of the US population. Re: reported crimes - they commit 33% of all rapes, 34% of all assaults, 55% of all robberies, 49% of all murders. 91% of all blacks who are murdered are murdered by other blacks. In 2013, 5,375 blacks were murdered, and 4,396 whites (53% of the pop) were murdered. They are responsible for 47% of all police killings; they are 6 times more likely than non-blacks to kill police.



Who reports all these black crimes? Well, most are committed in black neighborhoods, and police discover very few crimes by themselves. Is it preposterous to think that other blacks report the crimes because they are in fear of the welfare of their families and themselves?



Why, I wonder, do blacks commit such a high proportion of crimes? Well, when the white unemployment rage was 5.3% & the Hispanic unemployment rate was 7.5%, the black unemployment rate was over 11%.



Why is that? Somebody go look up black education rates? What percent finish high school? Meantime, dwell on this - during 2007-10, something like 70% of all black births were given by non-married women, and the black abortion rate was 36%, three times the black population.



Personally, I think the black population is in crisis, and is destroying itself. Looking to blame other ethnic groups for black problems (institutional racism, hands up - don't shoot, Trayvon Martin, etc.) may make some people feel good for awhile, but the slaughter and destruction of the black community continues unabated.



In 2010,

Answer 36

Institutional racism, and this is not a "belief," but a documented and well researched fact. A much higher percentage of the black population is incarcerated for crimes than the white population is, even though they went to trial for the same or worse offenses.

Answer 37

Because of institutional racism. Turns out white guys are more likely to have contraband when pulled over - that's from the Ferguson police chief.

Answer 38

There may be racial profiling in some cites, I would hate to believe that all cities profile. So far in this area, this week, there have been 8 shootings with 3 fatalities. All were Black, shot by Blacks with no Police involvement. If you can believe what the news puts out, all 8 shootings are thought to be drug related.

Answer 39

I can't speak for other cities, but in Dallas, TX, the racial breakdown in 48% Hispanic, 20% black, 17% white and the other 15% is a combination of Asian, American Indian and "others" (Pacific Islanders, etc.) Out of that populous, black people (both male and female) commit 90% of the recorded crimes. We have a black police chief, black city manager, and black members of the city council and county commissioners. If there is institutional racism, it is favorable to non-white people. The majority of the crimes they commit are by young black men (theft), "fiances" of lonely black women (who kill the women's children they are supposed to be babysitting while the women work), and caretakers of elderly people. The majority of school violence in Dallas is also committed by black teenagers. They are forbidden from wearing gang colors, but the gang problem is rampant. Every race in the city just kind of stays to itself to avoid confrontations.

Answer 40

Cops enforce the law. If targeting those who break the law is wrong, then what is the point in having police at all?



Statistics of crimes, criminals or inmates dont prove the existence of institutional racism. It could simply prove the inherent inclinations of those races, either via genetics or culture.

Answer 41

Blacks get targeted more because of the racism that is in this world. It is true that white people do drugs and other bad things more than blacks, but the blacks are always the ones that are targeted\arrested.

Answer 42

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Answer 43

Black people commit a disproportionate amount of crime given they are 13 percent of the total population. Murders are above to 50%. There was a profiling controversy in NJ and the AGs office was investigating the disproportionate ticketing of black drivers for speeding on the NJ turnpike. The AGs office put up cameras that were triggered by radar and twice as many speeder were black. The number of speeders going over 90 miles per hour were also predominately black. The report was not released by the AGs office (of course). http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/21/nyregion/study-suggests-racial-gap-in-speeding-in-new-jersey.html



The point is that you can't just point to "racism" all the time because it only reinforces a lack of accountability and statistics don't lie.

Answer 44

It is definitely due to both things. The black population is a huge minority in America and minorities tend to have lower income rates. Lower income means more crime. Because of years of this trend, not to mention racism being more prevalent in the past, people tend to form underlying views of the black population. Racial profiling doesn't mean that the cops are racist necessarily, it just shows that these trends impact our thoughts on a subconscious level. Crime has nothing to do with skin color, but rather on the financial and social positions of people in the country.

Answer 45

Police do NOT 'target' anyone. Police only care about protecting the public and arresting the criminals.

Say a small town has a race mix of 30% white and 70% black. Crimes are being committed by 50% of the blacks and 10% of the whites. Just because the ratio is higher for blacks does NOT mean they are a

police officers main target.............he or she targets any criminal committing crimes.

Answer 46

Saying that African Americans commit additional crimes may be a symptom of institutional racism. Blacks area unit guilty of the foremost crimes. they are doing not commit the foremost crimes. White collar crimes area unit rarely even prosecuted nonetheless value society and therefore the economy way more than the petty principally drug crimes that blacks area unit guilty of.

Answer 47

Saying that African Americans commit additional crimes may be a symptom of institutional racism. Blacks area unit guilty of the foremost crimes. they are doing not commit the foremost crimes. White collar crimes area unit rarely even prosecuted nonetheless value society and therefore the economy way more than the petty principally drug crimes that blacks area unit guilty of.

Answer 48

A little of both. In most places according to the DOJ, more blacks are stopped to raise revenue for the city. Nationwide about 30 unarmed black men have been killed including a naked man (his penis was a weapon) for misdemeanors while very few white men are shot or arrested. The FBI has a website full of white criminals in every category but the media doesn't report on this and rarely on politicians & other sociopaths.

Answer 49

The answer to that question is quite simple. I have traveled across the US and every city news has a black face every day. Crime, riots etc. Married to a black woman, we both agree that Blacks in America are the worse people in the United States. I have spoken to people from other countries who indicated American blacks has caused war zones and not safe to tour. We have lost billions of dollars because of the news across the world. Police are experiencing more violence to themselves. More of our black are criminals at a young age and there seem to be no solution. Police have the right to kill to protect themselves no matter who they are.

Answer 50

They commit more crimes. Not because they're black, but because they are "in the life" "on the street" etc. (Who can explain that?} I'm white, with a long criminal record; more of them are in the same situation I'm in. What can I say? Nobody in prison is doing time for being black. Perhaps if they were multi-millionaires or billionaires, they wouldn't be there. But then they wouldn't be boosting, or robbing, or slinging dope. They could get off, like O.J. Simpson. ('Til he ran out of money). Everyone is accountable for their own actions.

Answer 51

Both, either, because it is part of a cycle. The institutionalised racism is partly based on reality and it drives poverty which drives crimes as much as the institutionalised crime within the black community, which has a heritage of crime among a large percentage of its members, with children growing up with terms like "five finger discount" for shoplifting and so on. Many black people are so accustomed to criminality as a "normal" element of life that they do not even perceive much of it as "criminal" per se and automatically excuse a great many things that fall short of murder or out and out felonies.

Answer 52

Because they get accused of committing more crimes and racism is alive and well in America.

Answer 53

it would of been a white man killing Black teenagers. Sure even though he would of been saving his life he would of been wrong. No outcry as it was a group of black teenagers killing a white guy.

My point on all this is if a person or group doesn't want the police to target them then they need to police up their own first. Then they have a reason to complain.

Answer 54

Blacks dont commit the most crimes, whites do because they are the majority, so its common sense that most crimes in this country are done by them. And yes, blacks being targeted is institutional racism. Why are unarmed black boys targetted more than unarmed white boys? If we are targetting someone because of crime, then whites should be targetted just as much since they shoot up schools and are responsible for most of the massacres in this country, but despite all the crimes done by whites, they aren't racially profiled or rarely ever arrested (atlease not in the same rate as minorities) due to their white privilege http://umc-gbcs.org/content/articles/Undoing_Racism_-_White_Privilege_-_McIntosh.pdf



PS, blacks dont commit more crime than whites, they are just arrested more than whites. If whites were actually arrested more often for the stupid crimes they do, there would be just as much as them sitting in prison

Answer 55

Believing that there is "institutional racism" is a belief in a massive conspiracy theory, where a country that opened it's borders to everyone and freed African-Americans as slaves is also actually putting them in jail. It's a Liberal excuse to keep their fantasy of racial equality alive.



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Answer 56

Blacks are targeted by the police because the police are lazy. The vast majority of crime committed in the US is committed by the POOR.

Next question: The majority of poor people in this country are of what ethnicity?



Racists are so stupid.

Answer 57

Both, racism exists because they commit more crimes, but they commit more crimes because racism prevents advancement to normal societal levels. But this is only in places where poverty is high. In wealthy black communities the police treat them the same as their white neighbors, while in poor white communities the police treat whites as being more dangerous because they do have a higher crime rate. the problem is not race but income levels. it just happens to be the blacks suffer from higher poverty levels, resulting in more crime and more negative stereotypes associated with them.

Answer 58

Blacks are mostly poor and ill-educated so they mostly commit low grade and violent crime (not all of it, but the media knows its audience and panders to it in its reporting). Whites include the rich and powerful who commit most of the really profitable types of crime, and, counting on the sympathy of fellow bankers, politicians and top business folk with a natural "there but for the grace of God" attitude (and probably with a hand in the till themselves), get away with it. The police naturally do whatever (white) society pays them to do.

Answer 59

Well when I patrolled a black precinct and some "black"guy committed an armed robbery and left the scene in a 78 black Caprice with 26's and spinners, I sure wasn't going to stop any white guys, just to be fair about it......

Answer 60

It's a bit of both. Black people commit more crime in relation to the size of their population due to socio-economic reasons so they are targeted more. However, because of the bias that has formed from this, they are racially profiled and assumed to be criminals more often than they are as a percent of the population.

Answer 61

Depends on who you ask and the area and the people involved.However while visiting relatives in the county prison I noticed there were hardly any blacks and there were black communities in that county.Not just this county but others as well and in other county prisons and jails I saw the same thing.How do blacks account for that?There isnt that many more blacks in state pens either.This came from relatives who spent time ion both state and county.

Answer 62

Blacks have been the target of police resistance and oppression since there release from slavery in 1865.What do you expect freed slaves to act-when they are the targets of segregation,job discrimination,planned parenthood,and injustice in the court system ? If whites were placed in that position - they would have revolted centuries ago.

Answer 63

They are targeted only because they commit more of the crimes.

Generally the police/legal system do not punish the innocent.

Answer 64

Blacks commit crimes but not 90%+ ..Racism exists in most countries, even in the Asian countries.

Answer 65

It's not about racism. It's about an individual who commits crime.

Answer 66

People who look differently and are living in society where most of people (in this case) are white will always have problems.

Simply its in a human nature to dont care, dislike, or even hate (for some reasons such as fear) others, lets say Chinese or *****'s

This is hard and almost impossible to change, specially if there is $ problem or religious factor (many *****'s are muslims)



Example, ask a black man who has a young daughter 18 years old....what he would thing if she is dating with some white guy ?

Ask very same thing white dad what he would think if his daughter dates with black dude



You will see that these two simply will never go together in a proper way, its just the way how things are, its not just racism its mostly fear, ignorance, and $



Maybe in few thousand years when we mix with each other up to that level that you cant say he is black or he is white, or yellow...than maybe there will be no more racism



Until than lets be tolerant, no need to kill or beat each other, go ahead hate or whatever, say all you want...but respect another and his life, feelings and family

Answer 67

Black who have not committed any crimes are targeted more than Whites who have not committed any crimes, by the police.

Answer 68

No. They are targeted because they are either in the act of, or have committed a crime.

Answer 69

We are CONVICTED of most crimes, dosent mean we commited them. there has been many cases where innocent black men are arrested. they make up statistics so it can be an excuse to label all black people as criminals! how can 17 percent of black people in the usa commit over 90 percent of crimes in the WHOLE usa? if we are in jail, where are these statistics coming from? we are accused of stuff. BLACKS HAVE TO PROVE THEMSELVES INNOCENT!!!!

Answer 70

Of course. Racism will always exist to a degree and will be greater with majority racism on minority vicitims. Simply a numbers game and vice versa. Change the numbers and it will go the other way.

Answer 71

Well, I have to be careful when it comes to the media.They like to hipe things up with certain situations. There's so many other things going on out there and they seem to keep sticking on the African American thing. I don't trust the media. I think the African American people are in a place like the Jews, but the Jews stuck together and so they have more.

Answer 72

I'm inclined to say that they do commit more crimes, but that number is amplified by the fact that they are many times more likely to be investigated.

Answer 73

All of the worlds different cultures have their own patterns of belief and behaviour. Its not a matter of right or wrong, but a difference of one to another, and what is acceptable to some, is not acceptable to others. Each culture is willing to accept its own, but has learnt to be very wary of the unfamiliar, and this becomes the basis of long lasting suspicions, for we all resent having to change our old acceptances.

This is why racialism will take generations to die out, for in order to exist at all it need to be bred in and brainwashed into a society that is ready to criticise anything that is different to their own.

Answer 74

I don't thing so but their appearance sometimes confused the police whether they are committed crimes or not

Answer 75

Crime prevention and enforcement policies target black people disproportionately. Black Americans were arrested on drug charges at 2.8 to 5.5 times higher rate than whites since the 1980s

Answer 76

There are some anti democratic players who are engaged in these types of crime and taking the cover of racism to escape..

Answer 77

Institutional racism has created a situation where Blacks are underemployed, and under paid when they do work. Many have been artificially driven into poverty. This leads to people committing crimes to get by, and using drugs to ease a miserable existence. The institutional racism comes into play when 1000 blacks and 1000 whites get arrested for 7 grams of marijuana and 70% of the blacks get arrested, fined, and imprisoned, while only 22% of the white folks do in these 2 groups. If one wishes to marginalize a group, make them unemployable and undesirable for decent housing all that is needed is to figure out a way to give them a criminal record.

Answer 78

People can claim they don't commit more crimes, but how many bad neighborhoods aren't black? How many prisons aren't majority black? I'm not a racist at all, but holy crap, you can only make so many excuses. Why is it most of the good black people that aren't ghetto live in white neighborhoods? hmmmmm.

Answer 79

School-to-prison pipeline.

Almost all incarcerated CITIZEN citizen black and citizen latino males are products of the DEM controlled school to prison pipeline. LIBS completely control the schools and the insitutions in the ghettos and barrios. DEM leaders, like the Obama's and Clinton's, don't send their children to ghettto or barrio schools because they know better. They know that those DEM controlled schools, with their Department of Education, Common Core and race-biased testing policies, are designed to keep poor black and latino citizen males on the DEM plantation. Ghetto and barrio schools are designed to keep poor black and latino citizen males functionally illiterate, unable to do math or understand science and lacking in basic job skills. In other words, easily controlled. It's life on the DEM plantation.

Answer 80

Statistics have proven that usually (not always) a serial killer is going to be a white male, in his 30s, and is often a loner. Does that mean that they are targeting white males when they go by the statistics, while on the hunt for a serial killer?

Answer 81

i seen black police abuse white citizens on camera... the difference is more black people like to complain about it. racism is **** but is not something only white people do. black people are not targets, a lot feel they are and give off a bad attitude. i have been racially assaulted by black people even though i am not a racist. i believe they are the kind of people that are targeted as they are vile humans as are any other racists. the people who get mad about a "white man killing a black man" are clearly just racists themselves as they do not focus on the fact that someone has been killed, they focus on what colour people are... you may get racist cops but police brutality and profiling is not a black orientated thing...

Answer 82

Its because of institutional racism

Answer 83

It is a fact that blacks commit many more crimes thrn whites when compared to precentage of population

Answer 84

American police run around on I Don't like and are allowed to murder and main at will. The Judges let them. Dog Pack of personal problems. So as they Brag Mouth about. They are allowed to and My Judge lets me is the problem

Answer 85

Well they should lock up that 3% so they can't commit the crimes! Then we will all be safe!

Answer 86

That's a matter of opinion, but police are only human and are no less likely to respond in kind when offered verbal and/or physical abuse than anybody else.

Answer 87

Police Officers, black/white/yellow/brown/etc..., are sent out to "patrol" for crime prevention efforts. As a Police Officer, you look for situations/people that don't look legit. Criminals dress in various out fits, depending upon what crime they plan on committing. Criminals tend to hang-out in the areas where they intend to commit their crimes (you know... learn the lay-out & players). Police Officers tend to look for & contact those people who look like they are "up-to-No-Good". White Collar Criminals, like the Big Banksters, have money and access. They use their money & access to feed on innocent people who don't have money/access. White Collar Criminals are not targeted by Police Officers because Police Officers usually go after "low hanging fruit" (Street Criminals) who are placed as a high priority by Politicians (White Collar Criminals) who control the Police.



If you can afford a lot of "Justice" (OJ, the Koch Brothers, etc...) you get a lot of "Justice". If you can't afford a lot of "Justice" (Jeffrey Sterling, Edward Snowden, etc...), then you don't get much "Justice". I think all of that is a fairly accurate synopsis of our "Justice System".

Answer 88

Commit more crimes!

Answer 89

they are targeted more. as a result, they commit more crime because crime or not, they are still the targets. they end up having the, '' i didn't do it but they will say i did it. so let me do it so that they should have a real reason'' type of attitude not every black person though.

Answer 90

They are targeted by police for both reasons, and it's difficult to separate which reason is dominant.

Answer 91

No, because on the inside ( The Roman Empire ), they are great sex Toys for the Cuomo Knights, and they can easily be Trained to serve the General Public; at least in NYS... 0325/2015

Answer 92

A little of both. The crime thing has been slowly but surely escalated through out the centuries due to imperfect actions (and reactions) by both sides.

Answer 93

Nooooooooorrrrr

Answer 94

Institutional racism and personal racism. I wouldn't mind a bit of more bank fraud criminals were shot or jailed, but they always get off.

Answer 95

i don't think its because of racism.

Accident can happen anytime with anyone.

There are so many white people face so many obstacles why then it can't be a issue.

its a plain accident.

Answer 96

favoritism in one form or another has been around since the beginning of the usa. and crime is a matter of circumstances and opportunity. in the past 200 years similar things have been said about various groups. these things have not been the same in all parts of the country.

Answer 97

They are targeted because of both reasons. Back when I was on the force i discretely targeted them left and right.

Answer 98

If enough of one race commits the most crime it will only make sense that your will be a suspect.

Answer 99

They commit more crimes.

Answer 100

They commit more crimes. Jared Taylor has done extensive studies on it.

Answer 101

Turns out that white guys have contraband on them more often than black guys when pulled over - Ferguson police chief.

Answer 102

definitely because they commit more crimes, most especially against other blacks.

Answer 103

Because they commit more crimes.

Answer 104

Hmm...let's compare the experiences of those brought to America in chains vs. those "tired and huddled masses" greeted by the Statue of Liberty

Answer 105

Because they commit more crimes. That is statistical fact

Answer 106

Police go after Criminals NO MATTER what Color they are... The FACT is criminals tend to be mostly Black... What are the Police to do, Let them go because they all ready have their Quota of Blacks??

Answer 107

Look out for Trayvon Mantin case in Florida. The perp was acquitted.

Answer 108

I watched a programme called "things we don't say about race but are true" or something like that. Look it up on YouTube - you will see the statistics there

Answer 109

Racism hands down!!

Answer 110

It's the chicken and the egg. They get arrested more because they commit more crimes.

Answer 111

They commit more crime and they commit crimes on other blacks.

Answer 112

I think because of the perception that they are guilty, which is institutional racism.

Answer 113

blacks have never ever obeyed laws,they have always committed most of the crimes everywhere around the world.

Answer 114

Many black people have not assimilated into the general culture of the U.S. People tend to be kinder to those with whom they know to share their world view and fear or hate those who do not. This is not bad; rather, a rational view.

Answer 115

That's a difficult question to answer as those two options are basically cause and effect.

Answer 116

Yes, I would assume so. I was once stopped and searched for being white in a black neighborhood.

Answer 117

Racisim

Answer 118

you answered your own question. Yes its because they commit the most crimes.

Answer 119

Do not judge them by the color of their skin, judge them:

1. By their lack of character.

2. By their criminal background.

3. By their 12.8 percent of the population committing 90 percent of all crime.

4. By their occupying 80% or the prison population.

5. By their gang affiliation and gang lifestyle.

6. By their providing drugs to your school age children.

7. By their crimes committed against you and people who are close to you.

8. By their refusal to get a job to support themselves and their own families.

9. By their acceptance of a welfare life only to blame the welfare system for their failures.

10. By their baby mama - baby daddy lifestyles.

11. By their drug and alcohol addicted lifestyles.

12. By their refusal to abide by laws and their forcing the police into using force to apprehend them then society blaming the officer.

13. By their refusal to abide by laws and their forcing the police into using deadly force to apprehend them then society blaming the officer.

14. By their rioting in the streets like animals.

15. By their looting stores whenever they feel they have somehow been wronged.

16. By their refusing to advance in civilization since slavery ended 158 years ago.

17. By their continuing to choose to be victims rather than moving on, none of them were ever slaves.

18. By their claiming legitimate organizations are somehow racist yet their organizations they do not consider racist (NAACP, Black Congressional Congress ect).

19. By their failure to adapt socially acceptable conduct rather expecting society to accept their animal behavior.

20. By their failure to even attempt to meet academic standards of schools then blaming the schools for their failures to learn.

21. By their racism toward every other race in the country.

22. By their bigotry toward anything that does not fit their immoral animal lifestyle.

Answer 120

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Answer 121

probably more because of the crime side of thing but there probably is a bit of racism in it aswell.

Answer 122

white policemen prefer stalking and shooting black people because of institutional racism. Shooting people is lots of fun.

Answer 123

The police do not target any race ONLY law breakers!

Answer 124

they commit more crimes

Answer 125

i think its because they commit more crimes

Answer 126

racism 100%

Answer 127

They expect more from society and don't believe in equality.

Answer 128

A simple question... yet an appropriate answer would be compromised with judgment.

Answer 129

Blacks are not targeted. Criminal lawbreakers are targeted

Answer 130

Do white people shoot babies in the head because their mothers don't have enough money for them to steal?

Answer 131

I vote for more crimes

Answer 132

Because of WHITE Republican Cops

Answer 133

Both. Too often both see either occupation or ethnic

identity as the underdog within culture and society..

Answer 134

Ray beat me to it.



(But I'll still grab 2 points. Shh)

Answer 135

Yes.

Answer 136

Any culture that sells themselves yet believes they are entitled to others stuff is the culture of a criminal.

Answer 137

Because taxes and tariffs and no reparations piss off blacks, including kkk as well

Answer 138

If you have any doubt , just visit a black neighborhood , see if you come out .

Answer 139

black people aren't targeted by the police unless they've done something wrong.

Answer 140

racism

Answer 141

I don't know. Probably a combination

Answer 142

They commit more crimes....!!

Answer 143

Yes blacks commit most crimes... I will challenge any bleeding heart liberal to live in a black area and let their kids go to school with the,, Their attitudes would change very fast... There is way more black on white violence then white on black violence... However it can not be reported because we will be called racist.. Let ship ship them all back to Africa where they will be happy with their own kind.. Apes and monkeys

Answer 144

Would it not be equally racist to ignore them cuasing problems for being black ? Trying to understand liberal thinking....

Answer 145

they commit more crimes.

Answer 146

No, but because some cops are just racist and corrupt hypocrites.

Answer 147

no one will really ever no except the cop and the person they pull over. All we can do is just live life.

Answer 148

FACT 98% OF ALL CRIME WORLD WIDE IS DUE TO BLACKS BEING ON THE EARTH THE LAST 10,000 YRS

AND THAT IS GROWING WORSE DAY BY DAY

SO THIS YR ITS 99.5%

GET RID OF BLACKS OR REINSTATE SLAVERY AND CRIME WILL =0.5%

WHEN THERE WAS SLAVERY THERE WAS NO BLACK CRIME THAT IS A PROVEN FACT OF HISTORY

Answer 149

The problem really is the big cities are over crowded.Rats will kill other rats when they are over crowded.

Answer 150

i suppose they could maybe cause more crimes. i dont want to be called racest.

Answer 151

Sadly, I think that would be a coin toss.

Answer 152

It is a combination of both.

Answer 153

USA POLITICIANS BUILD THE HATE CRIMES THEY LIKE?THE LAND OF THE FREE,SHOW HOW THE HATE ARE,AND DEVELOP?

Answer 154

Both.

Answer 155

Both!

Answer 156

it's bad news for us

Answer 157

in one line my answer would be : criminals should be treated by their characters and the severity of their crime.

Answer 158

PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY COMMIT MORE CRIMES

Answer 159

They are not targeted..

Answer 160

The latter applies

Answer 161

they act like animals, nuff said

Answer 162

Chicken or the egg my friend, chicken or the egg.

Answer 163

good topics

Answer 164

the simple answer to this is-yes.

Answer 165

the are the victim of racism.

Answer 166

no

Answer 167

The latter.

Answer 168

BOTH

Answer 169

really?

Answer 170

both..

Answer 171

and the answer IS!..."yes"!

Answer 172

B

Answer 173

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