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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I think it is most likely a vicious cycle, though. The more I read about the Jason Blake tragedy, the more I tend to think that he is now permanently injured because the respoding officers deemed him to be an immanent, mortal threat. Where does that anxiety come from in the first place? I suspect it is borne out of long-standing stereotypes in the USA that have developed over generations about black people, but then also coupled with decades of prejudice that are closely intertwined with the history of policing in the US.
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and what percentage, if any, would the fact that black males are criminally over-represented, contribute to the officers assumption that the suspect is potentially dangerous?
Further, in the US, the driving population is evenly divided between males and females. How is it that they aren't killing women at nearly the same rate?