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If you don't have the nerve to answer this simple yes or no question then fine. It's an experiment about the media and perceptions.Um, relevance?
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If you don't have the nerve to answer this simple yes or no question then fine. It's an experiment about the media and perceptions.Um, relevance?
Most of us, I believe.How many of you understand that the police in the us shoot and kill a lot more African Americans than white Americans?
Thank you.Most of us, I believe.
If I remember correctly, Native Americans get attacked by police at the highest rate of all.
Native Americans: The forgotten minority in police shootings - CNN
Yep.
As some have said, corrupt police were always unjustifiably attacking poor black and Native people, but in recent decades they've started doing it to everyone. (Not something which would surprise any reform advocate from 1820 in England.) Police reform is another issue where too many layers of government aren't doing what people demand. Some local governments are responding, and there have always been some good police, but too few are.
I should note that I am from the county which had the biggest police evidence-faking / frame-up scandal uncovered in the 20th century. There were undoubtedly worse, but the NY State Police Troop C scandal was the worst to be *uncovered*. Our local juries will not convict people of fake charges like "resisting arrest"; and our local departments have been firing and arresting local police for misbehavior pretty aggressively lately. Unfortunately, I know this mostly just means the corrupt cops avoid this area and go to other jursidictions, but again, there's a reason I like being on the right geographical side of this sort of sorting effect.
Regarding killings, CDC data!!! Look at the graph in the CNN article, it has citations.Thank you.
Source? not re native Americans but the question. Ideally post the tabulated stats which are widely available and consistent. Surely you have fact checked this already.
Biden as exemplified by his Jeckle and Hyde on the Hyde amendment is a traditional weather vane in what is politically acceptable at the time. He is not a leader and unrepresentative of the current mean of Democratic policies. Plus there's more of this garbage for the Reeps to dwell upon and they will.
People want change. If some wanted it so badly they decided on an extreme in Trump last time, why not a Dem at the lead of the pack in the right direction now, not just someone electable like Hillary?
At this moment my dream team would be Warren/Buttigieg as Bernie/Warren was in 2016.
I will elaborate but my belle tolls,
According to this, leaving aside, temporarily, further analysis, are more African Americans than white Americans shot by police?
https://www.theroot.com/here-s-how-many-people-police-killed-in-2018-1831469528
The Root - Black news,opinions, politics and culture
I chose this source for its position in the bias spectrum.. The same data is all over the internet. Originally attributed to the FBI.
That is correct. But before diving into it I'd like you to consider the original question whether you thought that there were far more African Americans than white Americans shot by police.Off the cuff, given white's are about half the population and black's 11 percent, weighted by population blacks are 2.5 times likely to be shot by the police. Is that correct?
I'm honored to discuss with you four. Thank you for engaging with me in discussion.Regarding killings, CDC data!!! Look at the graph in the CNN article, it has citations.
Regarding "most of us know", this thread has a pretty small number of regular contributors. I know that I knew that, and so did Intl Professor, and wdolson, and JRP3, and frankly I think 4 of us is a majority of the regular thread contributors! I'm pretty sure several of the others knew too.
I know the regular contributors to this thread are not typical even of the rest of this forum, of course.
That is correct. But before diving into it I'd like you to consider the original question whether you thought that there were far more African Americans than white Americans shot by police.
Regarding killings, CDC data!!! Look at the graph in the CNN article, it has citations.
Regarding "most of us know", this thread has a pretty small number of regular contributors. I know that I knew that, and so did Intl Professor, and wdolson, and JRP3, and frankly I think 4 of us is a majority of the regular thread contributors! I'm pretty sure several of the others knew too.
I know the regular contributors to this thread are not typical even of the rest of this forum, of course.
According to this, leaving aside, temporarily, further analysis, are more African Americans than white Americans shot by police?
https://www.theroot.com/here-s-how-many-people-police-killed-in-2018-1831469528
The Root - Black news,opinions, politics and culture
I chose this source for its position in the bias spectrum.. The same data is all over the internet. Originally attributed to the FBI.
On the issue of police shooting's....it is interesting to look at the makeup of police force's nationwide.
Police officers | Data USA
Poverty is probably the number one reason for police interaction.
https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/visualizations/2018/demo/p60-263/figure1.pdf
Since people of color are more likely to be poor and using the "broken window" policing policy you end up with more police interaction with people of color.
The number one change that would stop many shooting's would be an end to the insane "war on drug's" the US has waged for over 100 years.
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This is a great read on this subject.
It's not lack of nerve, it's that the question is off topic, and I suspected where you were trying to go with it. You've derailed the discussion which was your obvious intent. I simply didn't take the bait.If you don't have the nerve to answer this simple yes or no question then fine. It's an experiment about the media and perceptions.
Anecdotal but some women who previously voted for Trump:~52% of white women in America voted for Trump in 2016. I think that's a much more interesting thing to look into and work on than any one-man-one-vote initiative.
That is correct. But before diving into it I'd like you to consider the original question whether you thought that there were far more African Americans than white Americans shot by police.