1) Saying that police don't kill blacks as often as blacks kill each other misleadingly overlooks the frequency of interactions, and sheer outnumbering of polic

1) Saying that police don't kill blacks as often as blacks kill each other misleadingly overlooks the frequency of interactions, and sheer outnumbering of police by regular folk. 2) Police are in a profound position of power and responsibility which makes crime committed by them a much more serious problem. By analogy - if children are having punch-ups in the schoolyard, that's a problem. If the principal stops by occasionally and swings a punch or two, that's a real problem, and probably the one that should be fixed first.