<VV> NC is DWB?

[Alan and Clare Wesson]

Hi Todd

I think the guy who told me this was joking (he's a Republican, so I don't 
think he was making any serious assertions of racism against the police). 
But it did strike me as moderately plausible, based on the actions of our 
own police.

Recently there has been a big stink in London because the police were found 
to be stopping and searching about twice as many blacks (mostly 
Afro-Caribbeans) as whites. They countered by saying Afro-Caribbeans were 
responsible for about twice as much crime, so what they were doing was 
statistically accurate. Then someone else countered by saying that blacks 
were also twice as likely to be victims of crime (i.e. a high proportion of 
crime is black on black) - and there I lost the thread of the argument.

I did think the 'DWB' thing was quite witty, though...

Cheers

Alan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Tareece at aol.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 1:19 AM
Subject: <VV> NC is DWB?


> Alan,
>    I am in NC and can assure you there is no discrimination towards the
> minority....The cops issue as many tickets to rich speeders as others. 
> Ofcourse, I
> hear that in the UK and the great empire that the Bobbies tgot that name 
> from
> the socks they wear.....
>
> In a message dated 5/17/2005 7:15:58 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> virtualvairs-request at corvair.org writes:
>
> I am told that in North Carolina there is an offence called DWB (driving
> while black). I think that is symptomatic of the same kind of attitude on
> the part of the police...
>
> Cheers
>
> Alan
>
> Todd Reece
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