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Old 07-09-2016, 11:16 PM   #348
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Originally Posted by jayswin View Post
It's already been covered in this thread but these viral "black people aren't getting killed at a higher rate than other races" stats are ignoring that African Americans make up 13% of the US population.

"MORE WHITE PEOPLE ARE KILLED BY COPS THAN BLACK PEOPLE YOU IDIOTS" is stupid and disingenuous.
Is it, though? You look at other stats, where, while African Americans do only make up 13% of the US population, they are leading most of the other categories in violent crimes.

Why do they have more encounters with police? Because police tend to go/be called to where crime is happening.

Seems to me that if you want to stop Black/Police encounters, then there is a lot of social work that needs to be done first or at least perhaps concurrently. 13% of the population shouldn't be committing 50%+ of its crime.
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