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Originally Posted by Brando
Look, I can tell you actually think their is an issue that needs to be fixed and is worth doing just as I do. We may not agree with your theory how to do it. But that is besides the point. The only point I was trying to make is that the narrative that police are shooting black people at a disproportional rate is simply not true. Total population is irrelevant to the stats I shared. Police do not shoot people when they are not present. The people that are not reacting with police cannot be shot police. So it is imperative that we use the stat of violent crimes when doing this math. Police are shooting their firearms when violent crimes have been committed or when a suspect turns a police interaction violent by resisting and fighting with police. Violent crime disparities account for the death by police disparities that you are pointing out. Unfortunately black men statistically account for a high disproportional amount of violent crime. This is the tragedy and is rooted in bad past government policy, poverty, lack of work opportunity in black neighbourhoods. It needs to be addressed but me pointing out those disparities is not racist. I don’t know how to be more clear.
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I see what you’re saying and, for the record, don’t think you’re being racist, but I do think you’re presenting the facts in a way that supports what you believe. It’s worth considering at least, especially when your examples of unarmed White people getting shot involved them approaching police (sometimes aggressively) while many instances of unarmed Black people getting shot involves them walking or running away. There’s obviously a difference there, and dismissing the idea of racism in the police entirely is about as practical as suggesting every time an officer kills a Black person it’s because of racism.