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Because there is no systemic pattern of cops killing Australian women, over and over and over and over again and not being charged at all. The police officer re

by pm90 6y ago

Because there is no systemic pattern of cops killing Australian women, over and over and over and over again and not being charged at all. The police officer responsible was immediately fired and charged with murder, of which he was convicted [0]. Justice was served, what would people protest for? Compare that to Floyd, where it took sustained protests to get the main perpetrator arrested. When something terrible happens once, it is sad. When it happens over and over again, its not "bad apples" but a systemic problem that needs to be fixed. The protests are about similar incidents (cops killing black Americans) happening throughout the country. The people who protest see that reality and are moved enough to get out there and do something, anything in the face of that injustice. The basic governing principles of the criminal justice system in the US is that the punishment should fit the crime. Regardless of however flawed human being George Floyd was, he did not deserve to die as he did. Many, many Black Americans did not deserve to die. Please educate yourself if you're genuinely interested in learning about the reason why so much of the country feels the need to come out and protest during a deadly pandemic. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Justine_Damond#Trial_and_conviction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Justine_Damond#Tri...

oyra 6y ago
https://www.nber.org/papers/w22399 https://www.nber.org/papers/w22399
ReticentVole 6y ago
The systematic problem that needs to be fixed is the significantly higher rate of Black crime, particularly violent crime: https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/topic-pages/tables/table-21 https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-... There is no evidence of racial disparities in officer-involved shootings: https://www.pnas.org/content/116/32/15877 https://www.pnas.org/content/116/32/15877 Black men are killed by a police at a higher rate because they commit crime at a higher rate. And some of the reason for that is genetic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoamine_oxidase_A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoamine_oxidase_A "In humans, an association between the 2R allele of the VNTR region of the gene and an increase in the likelihood of committing serious crime or violence has been found" "5.5% of Black men, 0.1% of Caucasian men, and 0.00067% of Asian men carried the 2R allele"

by pm90 6y ago

oyra 6y ago

https://www.nber.org/papers/w22399 https://www.nber.org/papers/w22399

ReticentVole 6y ago

The systematic problem that needs to be fixed is the significantly higher rate of Black crime, particularly violent crime: https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/topic-pages/tables/table-21 https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-... There is no evidence of racial disparities in officer-involved shootings: https://www.pnas.org/content/116/32/15877 https://www.pnas.org/content/116/32/15877 Black men are killed by a police at a higher rate because they commit crime at a higher rate. And some of the reason for that is genetic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoamine_oxidase_A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoamine_oxidase_A "In humans, an association between the 2R allele of the VNTR region of the gene and an increase in the likelihood of committing serious crime or violence has been found" "5.5% of Black men, 0.1% of Caucasian men, and 0.00067% of Asian men carried the 2R allele"