On 2021-03-01 11:24 a.m., Graham wrote:

>> In Toronto they make up less than 9% of the population. The young
>> males....so we are talking about 2% of the population, account for
>> more than 90% of the murders in the city.* That should go a long way
>> to explaining their over representation in the criminal justice system.
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>> The cops tried to get a handle on the gang problem by doing a lot of
>> ID checks... carding, working in high crime neighbourhoods to find out
>> who is who.* Instead of being happy that the police were trying to
>> keep them safe, people complained that young black males were being
>> profiled.There was pressure on the cops to stop carding. They did, and
>> then the handgun murders quickly rose more than 50%.
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> OTOH, the son of a black friend of mine was carded, pulled over while
> driving. The cops picked a wrong one there! At the time he was a prof at
> Osgood Law School:-)

In that case he should appreciate that they were keeping his community
save. My son got pulled over in his car an ID check. He had recently
bought a car with windows that were tinted way too dark. That was the
down side to buying that car which was a great bargain and would be used
to get him back and forth to work... his has a badge and is armed on the
job. So they checked him out and sent him on his way.