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Black people, who account for 13 percent of the U.S. population, accounted for 27 percent of those fatally shot and killed by police in 2021 https://www.nbcnew
by DoreenMichele 4y ago
Black people, who account for 13 percent of the U.S. population, accounted for 27 percent of those fatally shot and killed by police in 2021
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/report-black-people-are-still-killed-police-higher-rate-groups-rcna17169 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/report-black-people-are-...
And on average White Americans still live longer than Blacks, though the gap isn't as stark as it once was.
https://www.humanprogress.org/dataset/u-s-life-expectancy-at-birth-by-race/ https://www.humanprogress.org/dataset/u-s-life-expectancy-at...
- jwond 4y agoNow account for rates of violent crime.
- DoreenMichele 4y agoAccount for historic slavery, disenfranchisement, etc.
- throwaway384418 4y agoYour personal circumstances don't excuse violent behavior, that's school shooter mindset.
- DoreenMichele 4y agoThese are not "personal circumstances." Laws have been written to intentionally disenfranchise Black Americans, to intentionally criminalize Black Americans, etc.