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Justice report finds systematic discrimination against African Americans in Ferguson

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"Among the findings, reviewed by CNN: from 2012 to 2014, 85% of people subject to vehicle stops by Ferguson police were African American; 90% of those who received citations were black; and 93% of people arrested were black. This while 67% of the Ferguson population is black."

Those numbers don't strike me as unreasonable. But those numbers cant be viewed in a vacuum. They should be compared and contrasted to arrest numbers in similar communities to see if they are indicative of anything.

As a nation, blacks make up about 14% of the population, but they perpetrate 50% of crime. So is that ratio out of line?
 
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Obviously I am far more than you are.
I didn't stutter, I already addressed it, so stop being dishonest.
Again:
What you think the facts show is what is the product of convoluted thoughts.
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If things were equal, you would see equal averages amongst all the races, but we don't because they aren't.
Wrong!
I have dismissed "self reporting" as any kind of meaningful or valid metric in such a discussion, nor have I attached meaning (unlike you) beyond that which the stats show.
Congratulations on being wrong again. :doh
The hard stats show otherwise.
Holy ****! :doh
We are going off of what you provided.
You attaching meaning to those stats is what shouldn't be taken seriously.
As other have shown, the cause of the disparity can be for a variety of more logical and reasonable reasons other than racism.
And yes, one of those reasons is that blacks commit far more crime overall than other races. Again, there is no parity.
Let provide an example of what you are doing, but in the opposite.
By the above stats.
DUI's
84.6 for whites
12.1 for blacks.​
While there is a disparity in those numbers there is no indication of anything racist.
Really? I said that huh? iLOL
I said that is what the stats show.
Your dishonest argument is dishonest.
Again what was actually said.
The actual crime stats show that. Are you going to say they don't?
This is either you not understanding what has previously been said, or just you making another dishonest argument.

You didn't respond to any of the important questions. Much like in other threads, your method of debating is saying "i'm right, you're wrong, it has been proven with facts that have already been provided by me who won the debate, naughty naughty you wrong you right me wrong you." There's no use asking these questions again. You won't answer anything that's pertinent.
 
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That's because blacks know that they have to be far more careful about what they have and do in their cars than whites do.


Probably some bull**** crime like "loitering" concocted to incarcerate more blacks.
 
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You didn't respond to any of the important questions.
I see dishonesty is your forte.
Stop with the dishonesty.

Much like in other threads, your method of debating is saying "i'm right, you're wrong, it has been proven with facts that have already been provided by me who won the debate, naughty naughty you wrong you right me wrong you." There's no use asking these questions again. You won't answer anything that's pertinent.
Just more dishonesty on your part.
What needed to be addressed was addressed.


You attached meaning to the information that one can not logically do and the stats showed you to be wrong.


Try making an honest argument and you might get further.
 
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I see dishonesty is your forte.
Stop with the dishonesty.
Try making an honest argument and you might get further.

I'm seriously not even trying to be mean here, I am giving you very serious advice: nobody is going to give any credibility to a person who's idea of debating is saying "i am right" without utilizing logic or attempting to address legitimate arguments with counter-argumentation. This board is called "debate politics," not "announce that you are always correct about politics." There's nothing less impressive than a person who believes that they have all the answers.

Here's the data I referred to regarding Minneapolis' racial disparity in low-level offense arrests: http://www.aclu-mn.org/files/5414/1442/7451/Minneapolis_UCR_data_2004-2012_2.pdf

So, in one year, black residents of Minneapolis were 15 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than white residents of Minneapolis. Studies have repeatedly shown that over 10% of white Americans use marijuana (you've said this data is unreliable, but you haven't explained why, and are you going to claim that people are over-reporting their own use of marijuana? I cannot see in logic in that claim). So according to your logic, in that year, 150% of black Minneapolis residents were using marijuana. This is why your position makes absolutely no sense and the logic you employ is centered on the most obvious imaginable fallacy.

I've read your posts on this board, and because you are clearly not a moron, you are sometimes right. But where you often fail is assuming that all black people are naturally savage criminals and then you disregard any proof that says otherwise.
 
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Studies have repeatedly shown that over 10% of white Americans use marijuana (you've said this data is unreliable, but you haven't explained why, and are you going to claim that people are over-reporting their own use of marijuana? I cannot see in logic in that claim).
Your claim is dishonest.
Lets get this straight. It is one study of self reporting of criminal activity that is oft cited in others. Capiche?

Self reporting of criminal activity is not a reliable metric. Period. That should be obvious on it's face to anybody whose thoughts are based in reality.
If you can not see logic in it, it is because you are not thinking logically about it.

Much like the community culture of "snitches get stitches", such as in Ferguson, it also holds true in the same culture that one does not self incriminate (not unless they tend to benefit).
And yet idiots what to use self reporting as some sort of reliable metric.

Again, there is a disparity in committed crime by race and that is what the stats show, and as such, holds true to the fact of disparity.




So again, as previously stated.
If things were equal, you would see equal averages amongst all the races, but we don't because they aren't.

There is no parity between the races when it comes to crime. Period.
Either you understand that or you don't.
If you don't, it is not my problem. If you don't, you need to learn it.


So according to your logic, in that year, 150% of black Minneapolis residents were using marijuana. This is why your position makes absolutely no sense and the logic you employ is centered on the most obvious imaginable fallacy.
This is you engaged in absurdity and nonsense. No one said any such thing.
It is indicative of an inability to argue honestly.


But where you often fail is assuming that all black people are naturally savage criminals and then you disregard any proof that says otherwise.
There you go making another false assertion.
Not once have I said or indicated any such thing.
That is nothing more then the manifestation of biased and convoluted thoughts.



Besides, calling what has been provided "proof" is totally illogical and puts your replies in the same category. Illogical.


As I said, "Everything you presented to me has been addressed."
 
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I'm seriously not even trying to be mean here, I am giving you very serious advice: nobody is going to give any credibility to a person who's idea of debating is saying "i am right" without utilizing logic or attempting to address legitimate arguments with counter-argumentation.
1. This is what you are doing.
2. Which is why you are not given any credibility.
3. Follow your own advice, as it applies to you far more than it applies to me.

Everything you presented to me has been addressed.


All you are doing is showing that you make false connections and draw conclusions not supported by the information.


Here's the data I referred to regarding Minneapolis' racial disparity in low-level offense arrests:
And? I already replied. It isn't going to change by you re-citing it.
You dishonestly say I disregarded information when I didn't.
That isn't an indication of racism as you originally asked.
It is a reflection of the actual numbers.

As you were already told.
What you think the facts show is what is the product of convoluted thoughts.
and
If things were equal, you would see equal averages amongst all the races, but we don't because they aren't.

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And again this:
Let provide an example of what you are doing, but in the opposite.

By the above stats.
DUI's
84.6 for whites
12.1 for blacks.​

This is what you are doing when it comes to viewing the stats, but in the opposite.
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OMG! Look at the disparity in those numbers, the cops are racist against whites.
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[highlight]Do you really not understand that you cannot jump to the conclusion that a disparity shows racism?[/highlight]


So, in one year, black residents of Minneapolis were 15 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than white residents of Minneapolis.
D'oh! The information you provided said 11.5%
So ... And? Those numbers shows the actual stats. Which is a reflection of what occurred; ie: reality
And that reality shows a disparity. Not what the disparity represents.

As others have shown, the cause of the disparity can be for a variety of more logical and reasonable reasons other than racism.
And yes, one of those reasons is that blacks commit far more crime overall than other races. Again, there is no parity.
Did you really not understand that when it was previously said?


Like I said.
Everything you presented to me has been addressed.
 
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