by guest blogger Gordon Shumway
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/03/12/young-black-and-male-in-america/you-cant-blame-the-police?scp=4&sq=nypd%20racism&st=cse
In this opinions page article titled “You Can't Blame The Police” writer Peter Moskos argues the reason why the police focus most of their attention on young black males is because that's where the highest murder rate is (he's talking about in NYC). He goes into more detail for his reasoning, and ends the article by saying “Ideally, we'd end the war on drugs, the greatest cause of racial disparity in the criminal justice system. But until we do, we need more police and smarter policing, not a knee-jerk politically correct response.” Needless to say the article struck a nerve with me, and I disagree with the author. Anyone have any thoughts on this one?
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