You know .. it could just be broader racial profiling:
http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/usa/race/
Quote:
Out of a total population of 1,976,019 incarcerated in adult facilities, 1,239,946 or 63 percent are black or Latino, though these two groups constitute only 25 percent of the national population.4
Key Findings:
Incarceration of Blacks
· In twelve states, between 10 and 15 percent of adult black men are incarcerated.
· In ten states, between 5 and 10 percent of black adults are incarcerated.
· In twelve states, black men are incarcerated at rates between twelve and sixteen times greater than those of white men.
· In fifteen states, black women are incarcerated at rates between ten and thirty-five times greater than those of white women.
· In six states, black youth under age eighteen are incarcerated in adult facilities at rates between twelve and twenty-five times greater than those of white youth.
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I'm not saying the justice system is perfect .. And I'm not trying to be racist. But the sad fact of the matter is, that statistically a group of young men are more likely to commit a cime than a group of older men are.
Sadder still .. Is that a group of you black men are statistically more likely to commit a crime than a group of young white men are.
It's a reflection of broader social problems .. Including economical inequality between ethnic groups.