I know this person was banned, and I'm not coming to pile on for the content of their post, but I want to challenge the point more than just banning them. There might be 10 people who have the same opinion of this person, don't post it, and they'll read the post and think "Harumph, that person was banned just for speaking the truth even if it sounds racist..." So I'd like to challenge this person's presentation of the truth.
Most crime in New York City is white collar crime. Financial crimes, money laundering, bribery, racketeering, fraud, and other crimes that fall under 'white collar' crime. Now I won't say that *all* white collar crime is committed by white people, but most of it really is.
A problem with policing that over-focuses on things like young black people possessing marijuana -- locking them up, throwing them in jail, and turning them into criminals -- is that it causes police to ignore the billions of dollars in white collar crime that actually robs people of their pensions, causes rents to skyrocket, forces low income people out of their home, and costs people their livelihood. It's why you can have a person like Donald Trump, who
started his business under a multi-million-dollar fraudulent tax shelter and
sustained his business through money laundering, become president. But police and mayors like Bloomberg pat themselves on the back by cracking the skulls of a poor kid carrying a $10 bag of marijuana, while billions of dollars in white collar crime -- that actually destroys livelihoods and makes corrupt politicians -- waffs under their noses.
