I don't know...in my neck of the woods many whites are caught making and selling meth and end up getting sent to prison. Nobody I know, all white people, feels sorry for idiots manufacturing, selling, or using meth or other drugs. Why should people keep apologizing for blacks who get caught doing the same thing?
If Thomas is somehow trying to make a point that Evil Whitey is still holding back blacks, he's full of beans. If I knew people who looked like me were more likely to be arrested for a certain crime, I'd certainly try not to commit that crime. That "blacks arrested more for the same crime than whites" story is mostly bogus. Blacks are far more likely to use illegal drugs, and as one study has shown, lie about their use of illegal drugs.
The study asked a group of whites and the a group of blacks if they used illegal drugs. Both groups had about the same numbers who said they used illegal drugs. Then they did a drug test on the groups. They found the black group members has six times the amount of drugs in their system as the white members.