Why politicians want to scare you African

Waleed Aly put the facts on the table Thursday in The Project.

Earlier in the week, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on radio talkback that Sudanese gangs were a "real" one. concern "for the Victorian community."

"You would have to walk your hands over your ears in Melbourne not to hear it," he said.

This is a rhetoric was pushed by the Liberals on the eve of the elections. (Although someone clearly forgot to tell Christopher Pyne the party line.)

But as Aly pointed out, these comments do not match the statistics.

In Victoria, according to the State Criminal Statistics Agency In 1965, Sudanese-born Victorians made up only 0.1% of the population and accounted for only 1% of all crimes committed in the state.

While the Sudanese community is overrepresented in crime statistics, crude figures show that crimewave is not really the epidemic that was invented.

For example, for aggravated burglaries by Victorians born in Sudan, there were only 70 cases last year. [19659003RebeccaWickesanecriminologyconductingpoliticianstousethe"tort"digits

"They choose these numbers carefully for a purpose that does not really concern a crime problem," she said. ] But Victoria Police Established Working Group with African-Australian Leaders to Address Overrepresentation in Crime Statistics

In a statement to The Project, Victoria Police stated that Afro-Australian communities were working "extremely hard" to deal with the issue.

He also stressed that the Prime Minister's insistence that "gangs" reigned in the streets of Melbourne was not entirely correct.

"Groups that have been labeled" gangs "are groups of young people banding together Kristen Hilton, Victorian commissioner for equal opportunities and human rights, said the campaign "Falsely inaccurate" fear is dangerous for Afro-Australians.

"In the last twelve months, we have seen a 34% increase in reports of racism in the Commission, and this increase is correlated with this public debate on race and crime," she said. 14] As for Victorians born in Australia, they are responsible for 71% of crimes committed in the state. So, if you are going to meet a criminal, they are 71.7 times more likely to be born in Australia.

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