You are just a dumbfuck racist who refuses to put yourself in the shoes of others. You want someone ELSE you can blame and punish and solutions that will not leave you feeling guilty. There is really not much reason for you to feel guilty, but since all racists are collectivists...
Go talk with anarcho-capitalist and they will tell you the government and police are primarily a protection racket not much different than gangs. That insight is not without merit. Many only use that knowledge to understand government and fail to use it to understand why people turn to gangs. It's not a racial thing, it's not because somebody made a song or a movie representing the reality of gangs. It's because gangs provide valuable services that become attractive to those communities under served by the government.
The same numbers that show blacks are disproportionately represented as offenders shows they are disproportionately represented as victims. It's not due to a mentality, it's a reality.
I did not say they were afraid. I think there is a lack of trust. They don't trust because experience tells them they should not. The police do a poor job of protecting them which is clear in the crime statistics. Police and the criminal justice system often victimize them with brutality or by punishing them for political gain. I do believe this situation is improving which is part of the reason why the crime numbers are way down.
You can continue to ignore that if you like and tell yourself it's all because they are fundamentally bad people, but you are nothing but a fool. They are faced with different choices. That does not mean that the individual criminals should be treated as victims. However, we need to address the systemic problems and they are not due to being too soft on minorities, which is just an absolutely ludicrous assertion.
