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Black people get shot up by police, white people don't. What's up?
by crimsonalucard 12y ago
Black people get shot up by police, white people don't. What's up?
- tzs 12y agoWhite people get shot by police. You have to look to find the cases, though, because they don't generally make the national news. Here are a few. http://wreg.com/2014/11/25/salt-lake-cop-cleared-in-shooting-of-unarmed-white-man/ http://wreg.com/2014/11/25/salt-lake-cop-cleared-in-shooting... http://wreg.com/2015/04/22/family-of-unarmed-white-man-killed-by-police-to-be-paid-3-million/ http://wreg.com/2015/04/22/family-of-unarmed-white-man-kille... http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/27/white-teen-gilbert-collar-killed-by-black-cop-trev/?page=all http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/27/white-teen-g... In fact, more white people than black people are shot by police in the US. The rate for blacks getting shot is higher, but not the number.
- kakkou 12y agoYet these stories don't make it onto the national news? They aren't plastered all over CNN? Where are the riots for these deaths?
- tsotha 12y agoWhat's up is it's national news when a black person gets shot by a white cop, and when it's a white person taking the bullet the story stays on the local crime blotter.
- dragonwriter 12y agoIts national news when unarmed people are shoot by cops and eyewitness reports or other early evidence suggests there is no good cause for the shooting, which for some reason happens more often when white cops shoot black people than any other combination.
- tsotha 12y agoYou think that because those are the stories you're aware of.
- dragonwriter 12y agoNo, I think that because when people who try to point to police shootings of whites that aren't getting national attention to sell the media bias stories, those other non-race elements are consistently also absent.