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Originally Posted by PaulS
Wait until an actuary like Jim sees this and tells you that just looking at raw #s like your doing is totally wrong. Break it down by per 1,000 and then it might have some validity.
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Of course you are correct. Blacks are what, 15% of the population, but are 28% of the people killed by cops?
Paul, I'm honest enough to immediately concede that blacks are disproportionately killed by cops, disproportionately pulled over, and disproportionately put in prison. Those are irrefutable facts.
Here's where I presume you and I differ. I don't think you can look at the data, and conclude that cop racism is responsible for all of the discrepancies.
If blacks disproportionately commit violent crimes (for some cultural or socioeconomic reason), that would also explain the data. That's what I think is the driving force here, so naturally (as a problem-solver) that's where I feel we should direct much of our energy and funds. But we don't. We blame whitey. And the results (which are tragic both for blacks and for white cops) speak for themselves.
What do you think? Too much hate in there? Or is there any rational common sense?