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FosseFilberto said:
That I agree is at the root of the main problem ... but we both know that if a 17 year old black youth had been walking towards cops with an assault rifle the reaction of those cops to his appearance would almost certainly have been based, primarily, on the colour of his skin ... and that really IS the issue here ...
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I just find it laughable man.

The issue here, gun kills.
 
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FosseFilberto said:
... on point ... if a white guy had leaned into the car would he have been shot? ... or would the officers have perhaps thought he was reaching for his phone? ...

Obviously I can't be sure ... but the cynic in me suspects that the magazine might not have been unloaded quite so fast ...
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you're talking rams bollox.
 
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Commachio said:
I just find it laughable man.

The issue here, gun kills.
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That is indisputable... but should you be more likely to be shot by cops because your skin is a particular colour in a given situation? ... no you shouldn't ... but that appears to be a factor in recent events as far as I can see ... and that is plain wrong.
 
FosseFilberto said:
No filming? ... perhaps that's the issue ... or perhaps it's just not as regular ...
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Filming is a relatively new thing and is also more prominent in certain situations (mobs gathering etc), regularity can again be a bit of a get out, is 2 in 3 months more regular than 8 in two years?
 
Diego said:
Filming is a relatively new thing and is also more prominent in certain situations (mobs gathering etc), regularity can again be a bit of a get out, is 2 in 3 months more regular than 8 in two years?
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He was a star in the 70s,..
 
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Eric Le Merde said:
A bit out of date but 7, the data doesn't show how many were unarmed.

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Not the one i found but quite telling.
White cops have killed 124 white men and 68 black so roughly a 2-1 ratio of white to black
Black cops have killed 7 white men and 24 black, a ratio of almost 4-1 black to white.
Does this say more about racist cops or who is committing the crimes?
 
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Commachio said:
that's just a ****ing blur of text ffs.
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Let me help you Commdom ... given the percentage of black people to total population in the US of A ... death by law enforcement agencies is hugely disproportional ... this could be explained perhaps by cops not being particularly fond of rap music ... or institutional rascism within those said law enforcement agencies ... you decide <laugh>
 
Diego said:
Not the one i found but quite telling.
White cops have killed 124 white men and 68 black so roughly a 2-1 ratio of white to black
Black cops have killed 7 white men and 24 black, a ratio of almost 4-1 black to white.
Does this say more about racist cops or who is committing the crimes?
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I'm not sure the other interesting data set I found shows what white deaths caused by police in the last 3 years have fallen but the deaths to other groups haven't changed or have gone up. Can you think of any reason for this? (Note 2020 isn't a full data set)

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Eric Le Merde said:
I'm not sure the other interesting data set I found shows what white deaths caused by police in the last 3 years have fallen but the deaths to other groups haven't changed or have gone up. Can you think of any reason for this? (Note 2020 isn't a full data set)

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Of course i can, the pendulum of crime is swinging heavily to one side.
Can you think of a reason black cops seem to be so racist?
 
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