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It's because the mix of crimes they commit relative to non-black Americans is different, which drives the differences in convictions too of course
by NoImmatureAdHom 5y ago
It's because the mix of crimes they commit relative to non-black Americans is different, which drives the differences in convictions too of course
- Larrikin 5y agoWhen someone is killed by police they are not convicted of anything. You're also ignoring statistics regarding bias in arrest and conviction. You're effectively saying that random people deserve to die because random people get convicted because they share a skin color.
- NoImmatureAdHom 5y agoNo I think you misunderstand. There's a data-generating process: people commit crimes. For a given set of people, the mix of crimes they commit will drive both convictions and killings. For instance, if the mix of crimes a particular group commits has more murder in it than for other groups, we would expect both more police-shootings of those people (because police can intervene with deadly force when lives are at stake) and more convictions for murder. You're right that people who are shot by police don't get convicted of anything, of course.