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You claim (link is paywalled) 10 is the number of unarmed black people killed by the police, which has no bearing whatsoever on how many black people are killed
by okaram 6y ago
You claim (link is paywalled) 10 is the number of unarmed black people killed by the police, which has no bearing whatsoever on how many black people are killed by the police.
From similar stats, about 240 (24% of 1000 total) black people were killed by the police.
- tuna-piano 6y agoI'm using unarmed as somewhat of a proxy for "potentially unjustified", but the BLM movement also uses it frequently. Of course some of the armed ones are unjustified (for example, the tragic and imo unjustified Philando Castile shooting counts as armed) and some of the unarmed ones are likely justified. "yet again, another unarmed black man was killed by the police" is the typical refrain and the narrative the protestors are screaming and tweeting.