while carding is controversial and i cant think that this could have been prevented with carding (fights erupt in chinatown on weekends ALL THE TIME, a mixture of drunk teens/young adults + weapons). So heres another statistic for you to ponder, in the us, 89% of violent crimes are committed by african americans. So lets for a second take color out of it.
lets assume that most crimes are commited by men, ages 18-29, who are unemployed (kid on the corner at 2pm on a tuesday afternoon who doesnt look overly busy), wearing loose/baggy clothing. lets just card those guys right? well it happens to be that most of those guys are black so whats left to do?
on the other hand, there is a serious toll that carding leaves on a community, when young black men who are working hard to achieve a better life get stopped, and carded, and possibly harassed by a police officer. what happens then? how do we control for that?
tough decision but i think the overall results of carding have been proven effective in nyc and other similar size cities that other then trying to win a popularity contest when he came into office mayor tory should strongly consider asking the TPD to revisit.
lets assume that most crimes are commited by men, ages 18-29, who are unemployed (kid on the corner at 2pm on a tuesday afternoon who doesnt look overly busy), wearing loose/baggy clothing. lets just card those guys right? well it happens to be that most of those guys are black so whats left to do?
on the other hand, there is a serious toll that carding leaves on a community, when young black men who are working hard to achieve a better life get stopped, and carded, and possibly harassed by a police officer. what happens then? how do we control for that?
tough decision but i think the overall results of carding have been proven effective in nyc and other similar size cities that other then trying to win a popularity contest when he came into office mayor tory should strongly consider asking the TPD to revisit.






