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PandaJ108 t1_jb5igbw wrote

NY gets lumped with the rest of the country. NY (the state) incarceration rate is lower than the country average by quite a bit. And NYC rate of incarceration is even lower.

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NetQuarterLatte t1_jb6liw0 wrote

And there's so much fear-mongering.

A white person from the midwest is made to believe they would get murdered the first day in a NYC subway.

A black person from NYC is made to believe they would be wrongly convicted for a crime or brutalized by white cops the moment they step in the midwest.

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Rottimer t1_jb5yxst wrote

And what’s the crime rate for the state compared to other states? It’s not like incarceration rate is inversely correlated with the crime rate - otherwise Nee Orleans would be one of the safest cities in the country instead of one of the most violent.

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