On Mon, 1 Mar 2021 11:14:34 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>On 2021-03-01 11:04 a.m., David Crossley wrote:
>> In article >, says...
>f each. Is that even?
>>>
>> It?s important to note that black men commit nearly half of all murders
>> in this country, which is astounding when you take into consideration
>> the fact that they only make up 12-13 per cent of the population.
>> --
>
>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.
>
>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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