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Edited by dazarobbo: 2/21/2014 5:12:43 AM
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A black and white guy each steal a car...

Even the cop doesn't even care the alarm has gone off right next to him at 0:36. [quote]For the record, whites committed 64% of motor vehicle theft in 2011, while blacks were responsible for only 33.9%, according to [url=http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/table-43]FBI statistics[/url]. [url=http://www.businessinsider.com/simple-misfits-video-on-car-break-ins-2014-2]Source[/url][/quote]

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  • [quote]For the record, whites committed 64% of motor vehicle theft in 2011, while blacks were responsible for only 33.9%[/quote] Well, since you want to bring straight statistics into this, I will offer a rebuttal: Rounding down, white Americans represent 70% of the population. Rounding up, African Americans represent 13% of the population. To normalize the FBI statistics into a weighted rating, you simply divide the motor theft percent by the population percent, which yields: White Americans: 0.91 African Americans: 2.61 2.61/ 0.91 = 2.87 This indicates that African Americans are 2.87 times more likely to commit motor vehicle theft. Note: This does not reflect my opinion on anything, just wanted to provide clarification on how statistics should be used in circumstances like this.

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