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> Black males seem to disproportionately die at the hands of police. There are lots of ways to measure this, which one are you talking about? There are lots o
by kyrra 6y ago
> Black males seem to disproportionately die at the hands of police.
There are lots of ways to measure this, which one are you talking about? There are lots of variables to control for: # of police encounters. Person being confronted while in the middle of (or just after) a committing a crime. Person being armed or not.
Talking just about deaths I feel like distracts from the issue that really warrants discussion in American society, which is number of interactions with police and how many of those turn into physical altercations. Then we need to look into the reasons for those and what the possible solutions are. We also need to admit that this likely isn't just a policing issue, but a societal and cultural issue that needs to be addressed.
- jjeaff 6y agoIt's definitely not just a policing issue. But it's also definitely partially a policing issue. And fewer things can make a people feel more powerless than authority figures with guns that can literally get away with murdering you. As a police officer, when you are representing an institution that was originally created to hunt down and return your enslaved ancestors to their masters, you have to really put out a strong effort to build trust. And I am just not seeing a lot of that effort, even today. A great example of this was played out by the nypd when they came banging on the door of a blm organizer claiming to have a warrant for his arrest. They apparently did not. He didn't open his door when they refused to show him the warrant. That quickly escalated to dozens of cops and vehicles outside and pounding on his door and getting battering rams ready. What was his accused crime? Shouting in a cop's ear with a megaphone. You get enough bs like that going on, and statistically, people are going to get killed.