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hoolstoptheheels

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What does that have to do with whether there’s systemic police racism?


The assertion is that a black person in the same set of circumstances as a white person is more likely to experience some sort of abuse or brutality than the white person. It isn’t that police are the biggest cause of death among black people. Or whether a cop is more likely to be shot by a black guy than a white guy.

The point is, in the graphically brutal instance that went viral and sparked all this, force was clearly not required. And that it happens more frequently to black people than white people in similar circumstances. The grievance sustaining these protests is much broader - inequality in the justice system, and inequality period. Like an article I linked recently from the aclu statistically showing that blacks receive much harsher treatment than whites for non-violent marijuana offenses.

You can dispute all that, but the argument you’re making here doesn’t.

(In response to this post by Hoos Operator)

Posted: 06/05/2020 at 7:30PM



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The Myth of Systemic Police Racism -- Hoos Operator 06/05/2020 7:10PM
  You've got to get past this line of thought -- virginiahoo 06/05/2020 9:38PM
  Thank you for sharing that. ** -- Shenhoo 06/05/2020 9:59PM
  I’m not sure deaths is the only barometer ** -- Plano Hoo 06/05/2020 7:22PM
  It shouldn't be -- HiltonHeadHoo 06/05/2020 7:26PM
  Some communities may want the intense policing level... -- HiltonHeadHoo 06/05/2020 7:30PM
  I don’t know the answer to the problem ** -- Plano Hoo 06/05/2020 7:32PM
  I think the trust is broken... -- HiltonHeadHoo 06/05/2020 7:36PM

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