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Originally Posted by UKflames
Genuine question from someone a long way from what is going on but why do we only see riots when a black kid gets shot by the police but never when a person of any other race gets shot? Is the % that much higher for the amount of black kids that get shot compared to other races, cannot seem to find any numbers anywhere.
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I think the sensitive nature of race relations does magnify the issue. When white people are treated unjustly by the police, it's not a question of racism, so it doesn't create as much of an emotional response.
I recall a situation a few years ago in Canada, there was a case in a small town where a native man was killed by a white man. The white man was convicted of manslaughter and given a fairly light sentence. The aboriginal community protested and were very angry about it. The judge that sentenced him defended it be citing a situations that were reversed (native person killing a white person) and the sentences were even less. It ended the protest pretty quickly.
Not police related, but the principles were similar.