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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Are those restrictions more severe on uneducated women than on educated women? And you're making a big assumption that most births outside of marriage are unplanned.
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Originally Posted by ResAlien
Black: 13% of the population, 26% of those killed by the police.
Whites: 63% of the population, 50% of those killed.
That doesn't seem disproportionate to you at all?
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Trevor Noah hit the nail on the head in the opening segment of the Daily Show, pointing out that while race is part of the issue, it isn't the whole issue, and showed a still photo of yet another video today of yet another person (this time a white man), who was shot while laying down on the ground, presumably in surrender.
Race certainly has some role in this problem, but the overly aggressive police problem is bigger than just race.
To me, one of the biggest points made in some of the articles shown in this thread is that along with possessing a weapon, many of those killed by police have been mentally unstable or suicidal. Why are our police not trained to properly deescalate a situation with a person in mental distress? Why are police using excessive force on teenagers who are smaller than they are?
And how are almost none of them held accountable for such actions?