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Not the number I would have guessed at.
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Time adds that the researchers "have not completed an analysis of the data by race, but prior studies suggest that minorities are arrested more frequently than whites."
Not a very shocking assumption especially if you look at how skewed the racial lines are toward imprisoning African-Americans in the United States. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_Sta... -- see table entitled "Estimated number of inmates held in custody in state or federal prison, or in local jails, by sex, race, and Hispanic origin, June 30, 2009"
Yeah, me neither. I've done tons of relentlessly stupid shit in my life, but fortunately never had the experience of getting cuffed...Although I've had to snake my way out of it on several occasions. But, when I think about it, most of my friends have been to jail at least once, so maybe 30% is reasonable. I just always thought that I hung out with extreme degenerates.