The “blacks commit 50% of homicides” thing just isn’t a persuasive rejoinder to the racial disparity in police shootings.
Here’s why: The overwhelming majority of time when cops kill, it is not to stop someone from killing someone else. Most of the time, it’s in response to...
Here’s why: The overwhelming majority of time when cops kill, it is not to stop someone from killing someone else. Most of the time, it’s in response to...
a “furtive gesture” at a traffic stop. Or a guy who flees an arrest and is thought to be reaching for his waistband, or a drug bust gone wrong, or a search or arrest warrant service that escalates, or mental health crisis/suicide.
Police rarely kill someone to prevent ...
Police rarely kill someone to prevent ...
... say, a revenge gang killing, or an in-progress murder related to a turf war over drug sales.
The proportion of homicides committed by black people just isn’t all that relevant if you’re trying to explain killings by police officers. You might as well say ...
The proportion of homicides committed by black people just isn’t all that relevant if you’re trying to explain killings by police officers. You might as well say ...
... that the racial disparity in police shootings is justified/explained by the fact the black people are less likely to wear seatbelts.
