What exactly are the police "pretending"? Young "black" men are disproportionately represented in the prison population. And of course it's young men, "youths", young men all over the planet commit the most crime (violent crime, anyway).Quote from AAAintheBeltway:
I think it's more nuanced than that. A lot of black on white crime is at least partially race-based. Everyone knows it, but no one is going to admit it. The only time the authorities get concerned is when whites fight back. Then it's racism, hate crimes, etc.
We have multiple cases of black mobs attacking whites in upscale shopping and dining areas in major cities like philly, chicago and Minneapolis. It doesn't take much of that to turn a city into Detroit. Who is going to go downtown and risk getting set upon by a mob while the police pretend it's just some "youths" being rowdy?
If you don't like the consequences of high youth unemployment and a semi-permanent underclass then don't have high youth unemployment and a semi-permanent underclass.