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Originally Posted by Makarov
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.
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Yes I looked at it briefly and while I do have questions on how the data was collected, as it would be very difficult to compile without biases (I don’t believe officers keep track of every interaction), I do believe that it would have some effect on total numbers because those people would then be put in a situation that may turn violent, and maybe even understandably. With the current narrative of BLM being police are just shooting black people dead for no reason( lebron’s words) I looked into deaths at hands of police. That’s what I was speaking too. It showed a proportional number of deaths across race when taking into account violent crime committed. That doesn’t mean police don’t profile. We all do subconsciously, so it is obvious that police do as well. Believe me I believe the police need reform. They need a change of focus and Canada and the USA need to change laws to prevent incarceration and police interaction. Personally, from what I know about police training curriculum, I think they need more funding and not less, especially in the form of de escalation training which is almost non-existent. Some agencies are better than others.