Traffic fatalities among blacks soared as the Racial Reckoning was declared after George Floyd's death on 5/25/2020.
The triumph of BLM got more blacks killed in two separate ways: in murders and in 36% more black traffic fatalities in June-December 2020.
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The triumph of BLM got more blacks killed in two separate ways: in murders and in 36% more black traffic fatalities in June-December 2020.
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Traffic fatalities among the nonblack 87% of the US population also went up as the police retreated to the donut shop during the Racial Reckoning, but much less than did black road deaths.
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As has previously been noted, in 2020 total traffic fatalities among all Americans were 7% higher overall than in 2019 and a ridiculous 23% higher per mile driven.
But black road deaths were up 23% in 2020 and 36% higher in the seven months following George Floyd's death.
But black road deaths were up 23% in 2020 and 36% higher in the seven months following George Floyd's death.
After Black Lives Matter emerged with Ferguson in 2014, total national murders increased 23% from 2014 to 2016. Likewise, traffic fatalities rose 15% in those years. Both murders and road deaths drifted down during the first 3 Trump years, then exploded after BLM returned in 2020
I had speculated back in 2016 that the unexpected rise in traffic crash deaths in 2015-2016 was related to the Ferguson Effect driving up murders:
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but I didn't have car crashes by race back then. Now I do. Black driving was awful after George Floyd died.
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but I didn't have car crashes by race back then. Now I do. Black driving was awful after George Floyd died.
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