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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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You may have missed my earlier post in which I referenced a recent decision (2019) of the Supreme Court of Canada. In it, the Court cited (and accepted) numerous studies which concluded that police in Canada stopped racialized (particularly black and indigenous) persons more often than non-racialized persons (without justification). This obviously leads to more interactions with police and, among other adverse effects of this increased likelihood of interactions with police, therefore leads to higher risk of experiencing violence during those interactions.