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I agree with the main point of this article, I see news more as entertainment than information, but the part about BLM didn't make sense to me. > the total num
by Hasnep 3y ago
I agree with the main point of this article, I see news more as entertainment than information, but the part about BLM didn't make sense to me.
> the total number of unarmed blacks fatally shot by U.S. police in 2019 was 14
I don't think BLM were as concerned with the absolute number of unarmed black people killed by police in the US, more with the fact that unarmed black people were more likely to be killed by police than people of other races. Plus, most other countries manage to fatally shoot zero people every year, regardless of race.
Dismissing the problem of police shootings just because people die more from other things feels like the author already had a negative opinion of BLM (as they say in the article) and when they found that statistic it validated their opinion and they didn't interrogate it further.
- rexpop 3y agoPlus, "getting shot" doesn't happen in a vacuum. It's the fatal tip of a discrimination iceberg.