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by AnimalMuppet 1664 days ago
Why does it get worse for minorities and overpoliced groups? Because there's a backlash, and police need to "prove a point" or "demonstrate that they're in control"? Or because the police remain nerfed, and the majority population classifies every minority as a criminal, and conducts themselves accordingly?
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If you simply assume as a given that "violence against minorities" is inextricably baked into the culture of policing in general in the USA, then it makes obvious sense that as you ramp up police activity, you therefore also ramp up violence against minorities. Whether or not that assumption is true is up for debate, but if it is, it simplifies the equation.
Not sure I parsed your question exactly but I think it'll get worse because police will back off in minority neighborhoods except for the most extreme cases. That puts the average inhabitant of those neighborhoods at greater risk and gang violence will increase.