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I don't think there is any evidence of it being racist. It juts seems more like incompetence to me.

Him being male would probably be more relevant, but it's far more likely for men to commit this crime either way, so it's not reasonable to suspect him more highly.

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Him being black would probably be more relevant, but it's far more likely for black people to commit this crime either way, so it's not reasonable to suspect him more highly.

This is why it's wrong to just blindly rely on statistics to tell you who to arrest. Prejudice has no place in law enforcement.

regardless it was a swing and a miss in that court system, dismissed oh well

Wrong IP address, wrong IP address resolved to the woman's account.

Arrested the man who worked with teenagers. WOAH SMOKING GUN RAID ALL THE THINGS

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