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Do you think there are no black cops abusing their power, or that there are no white victims? It's hidden from you by the media because it doesn't fit the narra

by burfog 6y ago

Do you think there are no black cops abusing their power, or that there are no white victims? It's hidden from you by the media because it doesn't fit the narrative of racist white cops abusing innocent black victims. Statistics paint a different picture. Given that there is a police response to crime, a white criminal is more likely to be shot by the police. I have seen plenty of public outcry over police violence when the suspect was behaving violently. The riots in Ferguson are the obvious example. Evidence of powder burns and of DNA in the car show that the BLM story was clearly false. The evidence is consistent with the story given by the cop. It's been like that for every case that I've researched, so at this point I'm done with research. It's always the same, more or less.

JohnBooty 6y ago
Do you think there are no black cops abusing their power, or that there are no white victims? I do not think that. Additionally, literally nobody is claiming that. Anywhere.
- burfog 6y ago
  Not exactly, but pretty close: "it's very telling when (nearly always white) officers leap to unnecessarily violent tactics on (nearly always Black) victims" You got that distorted perspective from the media bias. It's just not that way. Some statistics even point the other way.
  - JohnBooty 6y ago
    So, it's very telling when (nearly always white) officers leap to unnecessarily violent tactics on (nearly always Black) victims. I could have been clearer about the context of my statement: I was referring to the police shootings that have made national headlines. My bad. Nonetheless, while the overall reality of police killings in America is less dramatic than "nearly always", but it worrisomely lopsided. Black Americans are killed by police at a per-capita rate of roughly 2:1 compared to white Americans. https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2020-06-03/data-show-deaths-from-police-violence-disproportionately-affect-people-of-color https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2020-06-03/data-show-de... That is... not good. How do you explain that?
    - burfog 6y ago
      Crime rate is different. There are at least 3 ways to do the statistic: 1. What race has the biggest number being killed by cops? (answer: white) 2. What race has the most per-capita being killed by cops? (answer: black) 3. What race is most likely to be killed by cops if they get in a police confrontation? (answer: white) The obvious solution for non-equality with #2 is to fix the culture so that conflict with the cops is less likely. Don't do crime. If you are stopped by cops, be fully compliant and don't look like a threat. When stopped by the cops, don't even think of reaching for something they can't see. You just wait, and then you'll be able to sort things out in court. Eh, we also should fix the non-equality with #3. It shouldn't be more excusable to shoot white people.

by burfog 6y ago

JohnBooty 6y ago

Do you think there are no black cops abusing their power, or that there are no white victims? I do not think that. Additionally, literally nobody is claiming that. Anywhere.

burfog 6y ago
Not exactly, but pretty close: "it's very telling when (nearly always white) officers leap to unnecessarily violent tactics on (nearly always Black) victims" You got that distorted perspective from the media bias. It's just not that way. Some statistics even point the other way.
- JohnBooty 6y ago
  So, it's very telling when (nearly always white) officers leap to unnecessarily violent tactics on (nearly always Black) victims. I could have been clearer about the context of my statement: I was referring to the police shootings that have made national headlines. My bad. Nonetheless, while the overall reality of police killings in America is less dramatic than "nearly always", but it worrisomely lopsided. Black Americans are killed by police at a per-capita rate of roughly 2:1 compared to white Americans. https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2020-06-03/data-show-deaths-from-police-violence-disproportionately-affect-people-of-color https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2020-06-03/data-show-de... That is... not good. How do you explain that?
  - burfog 6y ago
    Crime rate is different. There are at least 3 ways to do the statistic: 1. What race has the biggest number being killed by cops? (answer: white) 2. What race has the most per-capita being killed by cops? (answer: black) 3. What race is most likely to be killed by cops if they get in a police confrontation? (answer: white) The obvious solution for non-equality with #2 is to fix the culture so that conflict with the cops is less likely. Don't do crime. If you are stopped by cops, be fully compliant and don't look like a threat. When stopped by the cops, don't even think of reaching for something they can't see. You just wait, and then you'll be able to sort things out in court. Eh, we also should fix the non-equality with #3. It shouldn't be more excusable to shoot white people.