The DNA profiles of nearly four in 10 black men in Britain are on the police's national database - compared with fewer than one in 10 white men
James Randerson:
Civil liberties groups and representatives of the black community said this offered evidence that the database reinforced racial biases in the criminal justice system. The Home Office denied this, saying most of the DNA came from people who had been charged and convicted of crimes. Only about 113,000 people who had been arrested but not charged were on the database, a spokeswoman said.
The figures, compiled using Home Office statistics and census data, show that 37% of black men have their DNA profile on the database compared with 13% of Asian men and 9% of white men.
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posted by Adam Lawson @ 3:23 PM
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"...13% of Asian men and 9% of white men."
I think in the US this would not be the case -- more whites than 'Asians' would be so categorized. No doubt Britain has a distinctly different -- i.e. more 'diverse' -- "Asian" population, e.g. more Pakistanis and fewer Chinese. To its apparent disadvantage.
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