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Yep you can get as much justice as you can afford and NYPD's close rate of white people murders is about 83%. Black woman gets robbed and shot in a stairwell, it's too bad. This guy gets popped and suddenly they're busting out the DNA swab kits and tossing through garbage cans
Comment by StuntPotato at 06/12/2024 at 22:57 UTC
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The corporate sponsors are upset.
Comment by IknowwhatIhave at 07/12/2024 at 04:15 UTC*
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This won't be popular, but the clearance rate for "white people murders" is high because white people talk to the police. They can interview witnesses, family, etc.
For reasons that are entirely the fault of the police, more historically and to a lesser extent currently, it is much harder for them to gather information when a black person is killed in many situations.
I should also point out that it's not race-specific, it's marginalized communities. Where I live we have a huge homeless population with lots of addiction and severe mental health disorders. The activists claim that police don't care if one of the homeless is killed but the real reason the clearance rate is low is because "the community" won't talk to the police, doesn't have fixed addresses so hard to follow up, lots of potential suspects because so many people are prone to violence, have nothing to lose, mentally ill and addicted etc.
When a sex worker is killed it's harder to solve because she is constantly in dangerous situations with dangerous people so where do you start?
Comment by comments_suck at 07/12/2024 at 05:05 UTC
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This really does show how this country has a 2 tiered justice system.
Comment by ab481 at 07/12/2024 at 05:08 UTC
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Also bringing a backhoe into Central Park to “remove the book bag” and ALL ground around it.
Comment by YoureInGoodHands at 07/12/2024 at 01:41 UTC
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Which race has cultural rules around "snitching"?