> they do promote biased policies that weigh disproportionately on poor black communities. i've yet to have this explained to me in a way that i understand. the only real explanations i've gotten are that police have a more heavy presence in crime filled areas, but i live in one. the only times i see police anywhere in my neighborhood is when they are responding to a crime or filling out a police report. they do stay close because we get a lot of calls, but they are not stopping and searching people randomly. i agree that prisons should be improved, but i think it would be better to look at why there is disproportionate crime rates in poor black communities, even compared to poorer white/hispanic/asian ones.
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