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Another black man shot by police in USA
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nickgusset  Shizzlehurst 11 Jul 16 4.04pm |
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
It's very dangerous to use stats like this. The same sort of stats will tell you that despite being in a minority, black people commit far more crime. You could also produce figures that show that conviction rates and severity of punishment is higher for black men. None of this solves the practical problems. I'd say the over riding issue is guns themselves. I'd say it's poverty and propensity by the police to shoot black people.
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  Hrolf The Ganger 11 Jul 16 4.58pm |
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Originally posted by nickgusset
I'd say it's poverty and propensity by the police to shoot black people. I've stopped taking any thing you think seriously.
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| Direwolf Lincoln 11 Jul 16 5.07pm |
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If only all the citizens of America were armed to protect themselves against such injustices - oh hang on...
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NickinOX  Sailing country. 11 Jul 16 5.29pm |
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For those interested in the more nuanced aspects of this problem, these are worth a look: Note who gets killed by whom, and in what numbers. As President Obama pointed out last week: many of the police shootings of young black men occur in communities awash with guns and crime. He did not point out that if you are poor (white, black, hispanic, etc.,) you are far more likely to be a victim of violence, than if you are not. Edited by NickinOX (11 Jul 2016 5.29pm)
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 11 Jul 16 5.49pm |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
If they had waited until he got his gun out there would have been a high risk of him actually using it. The moral is simple. If you don't want to risk being shot for carrying a gun don't carry one They only found it after they had restrained him though. If you shoot people that might be armed you shoot a lot of unarmed people. Around 61 per cent of black males shot by the police are unarmed.
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| 7mins In the bush 11 Jul 16 6.01pm |
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The problem we have is Black Americans are committing far more crime than any other racial group. You're 200 x more likely to be a victim of aggravated assault by a black male in America than you are any other racial group. A while back in NY black people were complaining that after dark, taxis wouldn't stop for them. A representative of taxi drivers released stats from the government that showed you were 38x more likely to be robbed by a black male than any other racial group. The odds of a black male being killed by a police officer are minuscule... So tiny it doesn't even carry a risk. You are far more likely to be killed by a fellow black male. It seems to me, BLM are outraged when a tiny amount of blacks are killed by whites, but don't seem to care about the 1000's killed by fellow black males each year. If Black lives matter, then they matter who ever is doing the killing.
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| 7mins In the bush 11 Jul 16 6.03pm |
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Originally posted by jamiemartin721
They only found it after they had restrained him though. If you shoot people that might be armed you shoot a lot of unarmed people. Around 61 per cent of black males shot by the police are unarmed. One theory is he was reaching to get rid of the gun when it came in to view, he was on probation and being arrested in possession of a illegal firearm = jail time.
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| NickinOX Sailing country. 11 Jul 16 6.08pm |
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Originally posted by jamiemartin721
They only found it after they had restrained him though. If you shoot people that might be armed you shoot a lot of unarmed people. Around 61 per cent of black males shot by the police are unarmed. Where does that stat come from?
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| 7mins In the bush 11 Jul 16 6.17pm |
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Michael Brown was a violent thug... He has been elevated to hero status... Says it all.
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| Hrolf The Ganger 11 Jul 16 6.18pm |
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The fact is that very wealthy and powerful people promoting Black activism would like us to focus on these kind of headlines rather than the huge social problems in black communities. So talking about white policeman killing black suspects really is only a tiny bit of the story.
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| 7mins In the bush 11 Jul 16 6.20pm |
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All races should be protesting about the killing of Tyshawn Lee. Not violent thugs (or child sex offenders) killed because they live criminal lifestyles and guess what... If you do that... You increase your chances of being shot by police
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| 7mins In the bush 11 Jul 16 6.25pm |
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Black mothers aren't worried about police killing their children.
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