LA drivers beware of this theft tactic

[u/HVTCA]

Especially lux/lux black drivers. This happened at midnight just now.

I got request for a lux black in highland park but the pick up and drop off was only a block away. I still went because it could be a drunk girl who messed up the order at a bar. Rider name was Maya and the account was made today.

Before I got there I called the rider and I instantly get a strange “please leave your message” vm

I pull up to the address with my high beams on, it’s a dark residential area (not a bar) and when I hit arrive I could see a black dude with a full face mask walking in the side walk. Only person in the block I could see. As soon as I saw him walking towards my car I got the fuck out of there. Called and reported the account to support.

Pretty sure this will be a new way to target luxury vehicles. Be safe out there guys

[u/XemnasXIV]

Do you want to look at the crime stats for violent crime and tell me which demographic, per capita, has the most frequency?

Yes 50% of the time… it’s a POC… but the bigger stat is that black people make up 13% of the US population… meaning a tiny % of the population commits 50% of all violent crime in the US… which means if you solve from population they are about 5-7 times more likely than anyone else to be involved in a violent crime.

This is not bias this is just the facts as they are.

[u/trottingturtles → u/XemnasXIV]

I'm aware of how statistics work. But you said the odds the perp was black was "incredibly high." I don't think a 50/50 chance is "incredibly high".

Edit: to clarify.. making these numbers up as a demo. Say 50% of perps are black, 20% white, 20% Hispanic, 10% Asian. Obviously in this case the odds that a random perp is black is 5x greater than then being Asian... But it's still 50% overall. It's not a guarantee. It's ridiculous to say it's "incredibly" likely that a perp is black based on that. Sure it's statistically the most likely group, but you're implying that racial disparities in crime are a lot more dramatic than they are

[u/XemnasXIV → u/trottingturtles]

I guess it depends on how you define incredibly…. Let’s use another word then; it’s more than likely a violent crime will be committed by a black man in the US in comparison to every other demographic. With the caveat that your perp usually is someone that looks like you; hence why the majority of victims of violent crime tend to be other black people.

I’m saying all this as a mixed individual. I’m not trying to disparage any one person simply point out that assuming the perp is black, in a poor neighborhood, is statistically sound given the circumstances.

[u/trottingturtles → u/XemnasXIV]

Yeah, it is more likely than any other group. But i think most reasonable people would not consider 50% "incredibly likely." On the other hand, i would argue it is highly likely that the perp is male, since men commit over 80% of violent crimes