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PandaJ108 t1_j9tq8yo wrote

It’s funny how the gender breakdown is not mention even though it will be way more disproportionate than racial factors. It will probably be something like 95% of those arrested after a traffic stop being men. It’s like collectively that part gets dismissed cause society seems to understand/expect men to commit more offenses.

But if one were to say “maybe Black and Hispanic men get arrested more for fake plates because they are the one using fake plates”, now it’s problematic.

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dust1990 t1_j9tu6y4 wrote

Obsessing about sex and racial classifications in this context serves to further the logical fallacy that these classifications somehow predispose someone to breaking the laws. This is of course ridiculous.

From a public safety standpoint, I’d be much more interested in police collecting data to find out why people drive without a license, etc.

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