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Originally Posted by ernie
Unless I read incorrectly that article that says whites are more likely to be killed is based on including the racial breakdown of violent crime (not all crime btw but violent crime). It doesn't really change the fact that based on population blacks are killed at 3.5 times the rate by police officers.
"Correcting" for violent crime racial make-up just further illustrates the issue in the US when it comes to inner cities, education etc. Instead of trying to justify why the rate isn't as bad as it looks or if we divide by this and this it's actually less how about recognize that racism in the US is a huge issue and it's not getting better.
Why is it Black Lives matter and not Every life matters? You just need to look at damn near every study on the racial disparity in the justice system to find out why. I find it extremely hard to believe that the disparity starts and ends at trial and sentencing.
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It is very correct to say that this is a sociological issue.
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