Fanatical Meat
Lifer
- Feb 4, 2009
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No it isn't. Unless your statistics are cross comparing why one population has more or less interactions with police. That is a completely different discussion and set of statistics. The argument of which population is more likely than another to be killed by police during police interactions is literally defined by that statement. Deaths during interactions is not deaths per capita. Deaths per capita is a statistic, but doesn't have a valid use case for anything. It is such a generalized statistic that has no value since it is too high level to be of any use except for political points.
That’s the whole damn point. Why are there so many police interactions with black people, why do these interactions have a much higher rate of negative consequences, why do young black men go to jail for drug possession at a much higher percentage than young white men who are charged with the same damn crime.
Why is there a video of a cop kneeling on a handcuffed behind the back black and is face down on the ground neck while other officers watched and did nothing of substance to prevent it.
Obviously there is something wrong with that.