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Originally Posted by tkflames
Sounds like you are an expert in statistics to try and convince yourself of false messages...now remember to divide by the fact that 13.4% of the US is black and 63% is white (~2.5X). Based on your own math - If you are a black man, you are 5X as likely to be shot as a black man than if you were white.
All of this disregards the discussion that we should be having which is that black's in the US and aboriginals in Canada are not born/hardwired to be criminals. How do we solve the problems in these communities and how do we fix the biases throughout the system that continue to treat them as such when they are not. I am always amazed by the entitlement of people that have done nothing except having the luck of being born into the right family...
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Total population is irrelevant. Violent crimes committed is the important stat. We are not counting grandma and grandpa and everyone else minding their business because they aren’t being shot. These shootings occur when violent criminals commit crime and unfortunately black people do commit violent crimes at a disproportional rate. Violent crime disparities are the cause of what you see to be a shooting disparity. But stick to your narrative if you would like. The truth is black peoples aren’t being gunned down by racist cops.