Police are not the problem. Racism is not the problem. Crime is the problem.

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"The police are my friends!” I’ve heard variations on this theme dozens of times from the law-abiding residents of high-crime communities. These hard-working people don’t loathe the police—quite the opposite. They understand what so many seem to have forgotten or never understood: Police spend most of their time in minority communities—mostly black communities—because that is where innocent people are most hurt by violent street crime. In the 75 largest U.S. counties, about 60% of robbery and murder defendants are black, even though blacks comprise only 15% of the population in those counties.

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