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I agree with some of your post but I also think that reducing it to body count is sidestepping just how differently police treat black communities. Cops have d

• malandrew 5y ago
  Do they though? Or is it that those communities are more likely to harbor individuals that commit crimes that warrant police presence? Notice that I’m talking about the behavior of individuals in those communities and not the communities themselves. Take the Daunte Wright incident. No he shouldn’t have been shot but he did exhibit behavior that reasonably merited police attention (unlicensed weapons, outstanding warrant for failure to appear, Facebook photos of himself brandishing weapons and large wads of cash typical of a gang member). Furthermore, how much have friends and family provided social pressure for him not to do such things? Either a community polices itself or it lets things reach the point where things rise to the level that attract a police presence. https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-2018/tables/table-43 https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-... Not saying the police can’t do better. They certainly can, but they are largely in these communities trying to protect a community that is largely made up of law abiding black people from a small number of criminals victimizing that community.