Originally Posted by Xaccers

The majority of people who commit crimes are poor right?
If a large proportion of the black community are poor, then there is likely to be a large group of poor black people committing crimes.
It's logical.
Social mobility in this country is at an all time low, so if your parents are poor and poorly educated, then you're likely to also be poor and poorly educated, making it harder for you to find a well paid job.
When people are poor, especially the youth, they feel abandoned by society so form gangs. Their gang becomes their only point of respect, everyone and everything outside the gang is viewed as having abandoned them (remember these are poorly educated gang members who are unaware of the help that is available or the reality of life) and so have no problem committing crimes to get by.
Same thing happens with white or asian groups who feel abandoned by society.

In an area where there is a larger proportion of poor blacks than poor whites or asians, then I would expect more blacks to commit crime than any other groups.
Likewise, in an area where there is a larger proprotion of poor whites than other groups, I'd expect most crime to be committed by whites.
How is that racist?

Now, onto those who have made the effort, worked hard at school, college and university, that they are less likely to find employment is likely due to racism in companies. They're comparing pretty much like for like, ie white person with a degree to black person with a degree.
However that's not the police, that's members of the general public who are interviewing people.