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> Or put another way, because they theorise that white police are involved in an enormous, coast-to-coast conspiracy against black people That is a blatant str
by Falling3 6y ago
> Or put another way, because they theorise that white police are involved in an enormous, coast-to-coast conspiracy against black people
That is a blatant straw-man. The U.S. has a violent, racist history - particularly it's police force. There is no reason a continuation of violence and racism would require a conspiracy.
- thu2111 6y agoThere are some good data analyses showing that the US police isn't racist. The belief that it is gets repeated so much, and journalists are so loathe to investigate it, that the claims come to define reality. But it's not actually true.