Thread by @benshapiro, What is the evidence that Black Americans, all 42 million of them, [...]

What is the evidence that Black Americans, all 42 million of them, wake up knowing that they could be murdered just for being Black? What is the evidence to justify this proposition? https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1301544771169718273

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1301544771169718273

As of 2013, according to Reuters, if you are a black person, your chances of being killed by anyone were 62 in a million; your chances of being murdered by a white person were 5 in a million. https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-fact-check-bar-graph-black-white-homi/fact-check-misleading-bar-graph-presents-distorted-interpretation-of-black-and-white-murder-rates-idUSKBN23M2SX

Fact check: Misleading bar graph presents distorted interpretation of black and white murder rates

Shared on Facebook and Instagram, posts include a bar graph showing “murder of blacks and whites in the US, 2013” broken down by the races of the perpetrators. While the graph itself is accurate, the...

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-fact-check-bar-graph-black-white-homi/fact-check-misleading-bar-graph-presents-distorted-interpretation-of-black-and-white-murder-rates-idUSKBN23M2SX

According to the Washington Post database of police shootings, 14 black Americans were shot while unarmed by the police in 2019. Which amounts to a rate of about 3 in 10 million. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/national/police-shootings-2019/

Fatal Force: 2019 police shootings database

Since 2015, The Post has created a database cataloging every fatal shooting nationwide by a police officer in the line of duty.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/national/police-shootings-2019/

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