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EvgeniyZhyesterday at 2:47 PM1 replyview on HN

Statistically speaking "murderer is black" is a sensible assumption in US [1], but I'd prefer it wouldn't be made

[1] https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-...


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ceejayozyesterday at 4:03 PM

The chance of a random black person being a murderer is substantially lower than the chance of a random cop being racist.