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This is a question that's so loaded its disingenuous without context. You weren't asking me but here's what I think about it. Do I think that police involved i

This is a question that's so loaded its disingenuous without context. You weren't asking me but here's what I think about it. Do I think that police involved in bad shootings or another type of unjustified death have a really good chance of getting away with it? Of course. Do I think that the scenario above of an unjustified police killing happens more to people of color? Probably, I haven't looked up the numbers though and I don't know where to find them. Do I think the overwhelming majority of police killings are justified? Yes. But that doesn't mean it isn't a big deal when unjustified deaths go unpunished. Do I think most white people in the US could get away with murdering a black person? No, and keep in mind this is closer to the question you actually asked than the question you wanted an answer to.

googlryas 5y ago
So the author claims X, and then it is asked "Is X true?" and that is now a loaded question? What is loaded about it?
- chevill 5y ago
  The original statement "It is true that white people kill black people with impunity in the US" is problematic without contextualizing it. If he means in a general sense (which he most likely didn't) then its obviously a false statement. If I as a white man in the US murdered a person of color, most likely I would be arrested and convicted. If he means in the literal sense that in a country of 350 million people that its possible for a white person to kill a black person and get away with it, well then you could probably say that about any demographic vs any other demographic because its impossible to make sure that never ever happens in a population that size. What I suspect he really meant is that there's a problem with American police getting away with it when they are involved in unjustified killings of black people. But he chose to word it in an exaggerated and inflammatory way for emphasis. Then you also have to take into account that we were presented with that one sentence out of a larger blog post so perhaps he added the context that would have made that sentence make sense.
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googlryas 5y ago

So the author claims X, and then it is asked "Is X true?" and that is now a loaded question? What is loaded about it?

chevill 5y ago
The original statement "It is true that white people kill black people with impunity in the US" is problematic without contextualizing it. If he means in a general sense (which he most likely didn't) then its obviously a false statement. If I as a white man in the US murdered a person of color, most likely I would be arrested and convicted. If he means in the literal sense that in a country of 350 million people that its possible for a white person to kill a black person and get away with it, well then you could probably say that about any demographic vs any other demographic because its impossible to make sure that never ever happens in a population that size. What I suspect he really meant is that there's a problem with American police getting away with it when they are involved in unjustified killings of black people. But he chose to word it in an exaggerated and inflammatory way for emphasis. Then you also have to take into account that we were presented with that one sentence out of a larger blog post so perhaps he added the context that would have made that sentence make sense.
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