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@PressSec knows just how stupid the press is.
Yes, whites ARE more likely to be liked by police than blacks.
The press is using the wrong metrics.
@PressSec knows just how stupid the press is.
Yes, whites ARE more likely to be liked by police than blacks.
The press is using the wrong metrics.
When you balance for percentage of population, blacks are 3.5 times more likely to be killed by police than whites.
BUT.
Guess what THAT means?
You're assuming that 100 PERCENT of blacks and whites are criminals.
BUT.
Guess what THAT means?
You're assuming that 100 PERCENT of blacks and whites are criminals.
What you have to do is balance for PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN CRIMINAL INTERACTIONS WITH POLICE.
Guess what happens when you do that?
Whites are 1.7 times more likely to be killed than blacks.
That means 170 percent more likely.
Guess what happens when you do that?
Whites are 1.7 times more likely to be killed than blacks.
That means 170 percent more likely.
A perfect illustration of THIS truism:
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
The reason whites are far more likely to be killed than blacks is that white people are FAR more susceptible to weird-ass anti-government ideologies than blacks.
It's a cultural thing.
It's a cultural thing.
American whites AS A WHOLE are much more likely to RESENT government intrusion, whereas blacks are more likely to RELY ON government.
Although it's not true that more whites than blacks commit mass shootings, the REASONS are different.
Although it's not true that more whites than blacks commit mass shootings, the REASONS are different.
Black mass shooters tend to be motivated by a sense of PERSONAL resentment for how the shooter perceives HIMSELF to have been treated.
White mass shooters tend to be more motivated by amorphous resentment against SYSTEMS and GROUPS that never did anything to him personally.
White mass shooters tend to be more motivated by amorphous resentment against SYSTEMS and GROUPS that never did anything to him personally.
Of course these are wildly generalized statements, but the simple fact is that in violent whites, cops are dealing with garden-variety criminals or people with demented belief systems.
In violent blacks, cops are dealing MOSTLY with garden-variety criminals.
In violent blacks, cops are dealing MOSTLY with garden-variety criminals.
That's why more whites are killed by cops than blacks, AS A PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN CRIMINAL INTERACTIONS WITH COPS.
Activists should stop advertising that black people are 350 percent more likely to get themselves into violent confrontation with cops than whites.
THAT is the real issue.
THAT is the real issue.
If you took out the anti-government lunatics, there's no doubt that the percentage of blacks and whites killed by cops would be at parity.
AND.
There are 350 million interactions with cops per years, along with 10 million arrests.
The cops kill about 600 people per year.
AND.
There are 350 million interactions with cops per years, along with 10 million arrests.
The cops kill about 600 people per year.
THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
If you can't see it, there's nothing else I can say to you on the topic.
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If you can't see it, there's nothing else I can say to you on the topic.
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