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>>research shows that white police officers aren’t more likely to shoot a black suspect than police officers from another race. [1] But that’s not what the medi
by burnished 5y ago
>>research shows that white police officers aren’t more likely to shoot a black suspect than police officers from another race. [1] But that’s not what the media tells us.
I've never heard anything about this. The point isn't the color of the person holding the gun, and its weird that you think it is.
- vimy 5y agoI don't think that's important. The media does. Only when a white police officer mistreats or shoots a black person is the media eager to report it, emphasizing the race of everyone involved. When the opposite happens coverage isn't nearly as big or even non-existent. The implicit message is that white cops are racist.
- wolverine876 5y agoAny reference to "the media" seems undefined. Journalists in just the US come from tens of thousands (hundreds of thousands?) of organizations, of all sorts of size, quality, focus, partisanship (amount and direction), etc. etc. There is a cacophony of voices.