RE: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/116029593231712335

Two huge things impact what makes us think Black and poor neighborhoods are “high crime”:

- Cops spend way more time in these neighborhoods and by virtue of their presence, record more crime. This accounts for the 57% difference in crime rates. https://direct.mit.edu/rest/article/107/6/1734/117710/Smartphone-Data-Reveal-Neighborhood-Level-Racial

- Officer discretion (the ability for a cop to decide the outcome of an incident, including warnings, tickets, arrest, or ignoring it all together) is very different by neighborhood. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047235221000490

#police #racism