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27 unarmed black men were shot by police in the US 2020. Most liberals think the number is 1,000+, and a large portion think it's 10,000+ [1]. Maybe you should

• AnimalMuppet 5y ago
  I tried to be careful in how I worded what I said. If I were black (I'm not), and I saw news accounts over and over about police shooting blacks for what (at first report) seemed to be trivial reasons, I would not feel safe. The number doesn't have to be statistically significant; the reasons can be better than they appeared at first report. None of that matters. What matters is that the media is beating into my head that this is going on, so I think I'm not safe. Doesn't matter whether I am or not. If I think I am unsafe, everything I said in my post follows. (Including the main point - that this isn't about economics.)
  • giantg2 5y ago
    One doesn't have to be black to feel unsafe. We also have to define the term unsafe. It depends on how often the issue is occurring and what that individual's risk tolerance is.
  • tomp 5y ago
    Policy shouldn't be made based on people's feelings. After all, most people feel safer driving than flying. They're simply, wrong.
    • AnimalMuppet 5y ago
      We were never talking about policy, so I don't know why you bring that up. We were talking about the George Floyd protests, and whether it was caused by peoples' poverty.
  • randomopining 5y ago
    Exactly. It's just a media-induced frenzy.