Compare those percentages to arrests, not to the general population.Of the 802 shootings in which race of the police officer and the suspect was noted, 371 of the those killed were white; 236 were black.
And compare those percentages to overall percentages of the population.
That “never-ending stream” is exactly 10 in the last 5 years
You shouldn’t bring an ideological carnival barker to an intellectual discussion. Carlson’s main purpose in life is to maintain his TV ratings. I downloaded the data for the report he quotes. I stopped counting the number of fatal police shootings of unarmed black men after 15 in the first four months of 2015. So far, in 2020, I count seven. And that’s in a year with Covid shut-downs. Furthermore, this is only a report of fatal police shootings, because that was the easiest thing for the Post to glean from media reports. There are no reliable official statistics. This report does not include non-fatal shootings, nor does it include death by other causes, like choke holds, or being bounced around in the back of a police van, unrestrained.said Carlson.
if you’re not in a situation where you’re interacting with cops, the likelihood of being shot by one drops to zero.
It’s not just the killings. It’s also the much more common harassment. You choose not to be aware of it.Enter the crime....
Driving while black
I won’t respond to the personal attacks, and your sources aren’t quoted, so I have no comment.You shouldn’t bring an ideological carnival barker to an intellectual discussion. Carlson’s main purpose in life is to maintain his TV ratings. I downloaded the data for the report he quotes. I stopped counting the number of fatal police shootings of unarmed black men after 15 in the first four months of 2015. So far, in 2020, I count seven. And that’s in a year with Covid shut-downs. Furthermore, this is only a report of fatal police shootings, because that was the easiest thing for the Post to glean from media reports. There are no reliable official statistics. This report does not include non-fatal shootings, nor does it include death by other causes, like choke holds, or being bounced around in the back of a police van, unrestrained.
It’s not just the killings. It’s also the much more common harassment. You choose not to be aware of it.
I was impugning your source, not attacking you. Here’s my source. It’s a link to the database used by the Washington Post for the article. There are plenty of deaths of unarmed whites and other races, as well, but as has been stated elsewhere, it’s a matter of proportion. They all warrant more scrutiny.I won’t respond to the personal attacks, and your sources aren’t quoted, so I have no comment.
Yes, and I do believe that.Have you ever considered that we Americans are, in general, good people?
I don’t know any white supremacists, either, or any other kind of racial purists. But racial bias is much more insidious.I personally don’t know anyone who stands for inequality.
Well, now you’re talking about politicians.Have you considered that we are being lied to
I completely agree. And we should always strive to make it better.Its not perfect, but I’d rather be here and now than anywhere else.
I didn’t choose the source. Tucker Carlson did. And he, in turn was BVF’s source. I went to as primary a source as possible - the actual database, not an editorial. You need to pay more attention to the thread, if you’re going to post.PinonJ "
"I was impugning your source, not attacking you. Here’s my source. It’s a link to the database used by the Washington Post for the article. There are plenty of deaths of unarmed whites and other races, as well, but as has been stated elsewhere, it’s a matter of proportion. They all warrant more scrutiny.
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/w...otings/master/fatal-police-shootings-data.csv"
Seriously, you believe the Washington Post?? They tell more lies every day than I will tell in a life time! And of course, they aren't biased at all.
Watched a documentary this week, and came to the same conclusion. This has become so ingrained in the USA system. Really odd to see.What could have been the catalyst for change was hijacked and watered down to plain old garden variety destruction that we have seen in the past. Sadly, there is nothing new to looting, rioting, killing and burning down cities in the "name" of social justice and racial inequality.
a country where each of us, regardless of race, stands a better chance to succeed than anywhere else on the planet?
Compare those percentages to arrests, not to the general population.
I really thought we had a shot for change this time!
All of us saw on the face of the cop who had his knee on George Floyd's neck pure unadulterated evil. There was no denying it! Who could watch that and not come to the realization that there is something sickeningly wrong with our system of justice? No one that I know.
I am not so sure that change is going to happen now. What could have been the catalyst for change was hijacked and watered down to plain old garden variety destruction that we have seen in the past. Sadly, there is nothing new to looting, rioting, killing and burning down cities in the "name" of social justice and racial inequality. All the rioting has accomplished is to take the focus off of the horrific event that unjustly ended the life of a black man at the knee of a person who had sworn to protect us all. Unfortunately, and maybe purposefully, it has given a segment of the population, who may have been willing to join the conversation for the first time about police brutality after witnessing the killing of George Floyd, an excuse to once again turn a blind eye to injustice. It is sick and wrong but that is what I believe has happened once again.
I really thought we had a shot for change this time.
why are we counting the people that DIDNT do anything wrong as somehow being relevant to who has died in police custody... or in any crime statistics for that matter?