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This really only works if you consider said statistics to be reported in good faith. Black Americans tend to be disproportionately targeted by law enforcement
by fzeroracer 6y ago
This really only works if you consider said statistics to be reported in good faith. Black Americans tend to be disproportionately targeted by law enforcement and disproportionately punished. For example, black Americans are around four times as likely to be charged for Marijuana offenses compared to white people despite using marijuana at equal rates.
White-on-black crimes I would argue are far less likely to be reported, especially apparent by the bias that the police employ against black people.
- kortilla 6y agoWe’re talking about murders here. It’s pretty hard to hide that a person no longer exists.
- achenatx 6y agoThis people keep pointing to black incarceration rates as a symptom of a racist judicial system. When debating I focus on murder victims as that has nothing to do with the racist judicial system. Still there is a problem with government tyranny and it doesnt matter if it is just a handful of people. Being killed by a thug vs being killed by the govt really are two different things even if you are just as dead either way.
- fzeroracer 6y agoIt's pretty easy to lie about it and say you were 'afraid for your life' or 'he charged at me' though, as we've seen in multiple high-profile murders of black people. It's almost like that's what kicked off this entire protest. If you're not charged for murder, then it doesn't get reported.