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Minorities are less comfortable calling the police in the first place.

>>BGthaO+(OP)
Do you have any data to back up that claim, other than anecdotal "evidence"?

Here's some real data: https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/rpa11.pdf

Across all races and Hispanic origin, American Indians and Alaska Natives (15%) and persons of two or more races (15%) had the highest rates of reporting crime or neighborhood disturbances to the police. No statistical difference was observed between the percentage of white (9%) and black (7%) persons reporting a crime or neighborhood disturbance to police in 2011.

Also, perhaps I'm reading it wrong, but Appendix Table 4 suggests that minorities are much more satisfied with police response than the average.

>>lazyjo+T
I think the massive protests over the last few years indicate that at least one large class of minorities (Black folks) are not “much more satisfied” with the police

>>lazyjo+T
Quick search,

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/09/police-...

And then there is the fact that illegal immigrants do not call the police for their fears.

>>BGthaO+44
> https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/09/police-....

3 people "screened and analyzed" 1.1 million calls and found out that there was a (presumably temporary) effect on minorities after one much-discussed incident involving minorities? The rest is cherry-picked examples and wild conjecture and not thorough analysis of the data.

> illegal immigrants do not call the police for their fears.

Um, that's because they're illegal and has nothing to do with racism.

>>lazyjo+C5
It doesn't look great when you are presented with evidence then try to find some reason to disbelieve it.

>>noober+Am
I disagree, I think that's how we should expect dialogues to proceed. To uncritically accept any evidence presented to you is a much less effective method for reaching the truth.

>>lazyjo+C5
An illegal British person is going to face far less scrutiny than an Indian migrant from Central America.