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As usual, you're wrong.
As usual, you're spewing nazi BS.
As usual, you're wrong.
Stung, did itI don't envy your cowardly love of flagrant dishonesty.
You don't get it. The mall had a rule about hoodies, they arrested the black guys, and only warned the white women who then proceeded to flaunt the rules after the warning. The rule is for all people in the mall, no matter what race or sex. And who got arrested?
As usual, you're spewing nazi BS.
No one was arrested. What we have here is some bad info floating about, with white liberals eagerly latching on because it appeals to their faulty mindset of relentless racism being the cause of black unrest.
"As for Saturday's incident, McKenzie was given a citation and banned from the mall. He was cited for trespassing. The young men were also told not to come back. The young man who was handcuffed was also given a citation."
Citations are not arrests.
The Wolfchase Galleria mall has been the site of plenty of black unrest. Consider these instances, and ask yourself why security might view a group of 20 year old black males differently than a group of 40 year old white females.
"Anterrio Chambers was sentenced to 31 years in prison on attempted murder charges for shooting at two men in the parking lot in 2015.
The following year, a 21-year-old was shot in the Wolfchase parking lot while the mall was packed with Black Friday shoppers.
And in December 2017, seven people were arrested in connection with a shooting outside Wolfchase Galleria. Police say the seven were involved in a fight in the food court area inside the mall. Five people were injured."
https://www.localmemphis.com/news/l...l-he-was-arrested-for-recording-it/1574726672
Poor young black males commit 50% of the violent crime and are 6% of the population.
Poor young white males commit 50% of the violent crime and are 6% of the population.
Why focus on black?
I suspect your numbers are off, do you have anything to back up your claim?
The entire black Male population is only around 6-7%, I doubt nearly all of them are young and poor.
How many white girls were cited and handcuffed?
The rules are for men and women and all races...
Read the thread.
I guess it would have helped to have finished reading the thread before making a reply.
While I understand and mostly agree with the point you are making, I just don't think pulling out a fake statistic does you any good. Especially one that is obviously false.
The statistic is real. You're either failing to set the poor bar low enough or you're not including young.
Poor white males are what percent? Then figure young.
The statistic is real. You're either failing to set the poor bar low enough or you're not including young.
Poor white males are what percent? Then figure young. It's pretty much the same percentage of population as poor young black males, thanks to disproportionate economic representation.
Stats prove beyond any doubt. Violent crime is not a black thing; it's a poor young male thing.
Black Males make up 6% of the population, for your statistic to be accurate that would mean nearly all black males in the US are young and poor, which is obviously false.
No, it just has to be most which it is.
If you quibble over a couple percent, we can do the math. But what would be your point?
The point is your statistic doesn't stand to any level of scrutiny, there are likely more young poor white males than there are black males in total much less isolating young and poor from the group.
Please see my edit, above.
The primary factor is male. Then poor. Then young. Run the stats. Numbers don't lie.
The disproportionate representation of blacks in violent crime parallels disproportionate economic representation.
Could you provide some links to support the claim? As said on it's face the math simply doesn't add up. The entire black Male population is only 6%, white males make up 31% and the poverty rate is 9% vs 22%. For your statistic to be accurate nearly every black Male would need to be poor and young which simply doesn't make sense.
No, it just has to be most which it is.
If you wanna quibble over a couple percent, we can do the math. But what would be your point? If it's off by a couple percent, what does that prove?
Remember, we started at "50% of violent crime is black people" and now we're at "99% of violent crime is committed by young poor males". I think we're past the point of worrying about a couple percent. There's a larger point here, which I've won.
I've already explained that being off by a couple percent means nothing when we've moved from "violent crime is a black thing" to reality.
It's clear that violent crime is a male, poor, young thing. Therefore, any attempt to paint it as a black thing is racist.
Again, I largely agree with your overall point. This isn't what I had an issue with.
Your argument is a strawman as I am not attempting to paint it as a black thing and never have.
I'm not saying you're doing that. I'm saying the people that misrepresent statistics, and the drivers of violent crime, by telling half the story are doing that.
I agree with you on that point, I thought you were implying I was doing that.
I didn't mean to. I don't mind quibbling over the details, though I'd prefer you did the math.
But the details, a percent or three, aren't important. The important thing is to know the other half of the story so that we, as a society, can address the real drivers of violent crime.
My personal opinion is the first step end the prohibition of drugs as that is one of the main driving factors especially gang violence. Given that we have already went through this during alcohol, it is still bewildering to me that people believe prohibition is a good idea.
Edit: Also, should not the burden be on you to do the math as it was you who posted the seemingly dubious statistics.