The stark reality is that crime happens in communities of color.
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Crime takes the pulse of a culture. It tells us the truth about us as a species.
Hate crimes impact not just individuals but entire communities. When a family is attacked because of the color of their skin, it's not just the family that feels violated, but every resident of that neighborhood.
Unfortunately, in places like Ferguson, in New York City and in some communities across this nation, there is a disconnect between police agencies and the citizens they serve, predominately in communities of color.
Mass media over-represents persons of color in negative ways, especially as criminals, relative to the share of crime actually done by such persons.
Racism is a moral catastrophe, most graphically seen in the prison industrial complex and targeted police surveillance in black and brown ghettos rendered invisible in public discourse.
As a city, we have to face the reality that New York's minority communities experience a disproportionate share of violent crime.
Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.
People must realize that a crime motivated by racial or ethnic prejudice against one group is a crime against all of us.
Crime is a product of social excess.
White-on-white crime is a devastation in America like so-called black-on-black crime. It's not black or white-on-white crime. It's proximity murder.