Controversial Arrests Of Non-Whites

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Although the media covers a lot about the arrests of non-White people, it is surprising to find out that the majority of the arrested people is White. It is not hard to find an article in the newspaper or a report on a news channel about controversial arrests of non-Whites, especially African Americans. With the widely and frequently covered topic of arrests, readers and audience are getting used to relying on the journalists for the facts and details of incidents, making them become indifferent and incapable of looking up information and analyzing details based on authorized sources. In fact, White people made up the majority of the arrested in the US.
According to FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting, 8,730,665 people were arrested due to various

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