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Fluid_Amphibian3860 t1_j6j8r9u wrote

Reply to comment by Stryker2279 in It seems like black cops abusing power may bring about laws to keep cops as a WHOLE in check. by Sol-eks

Its about poverty. Poor people get shot by cops Black poor people, White poor people etc.. The race narrative is welcomed because it keeps people divided. Poor people need to unite.

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Sloloem t1_j6k6pco wrote

I looked at a lot of numbers from various watchdog groups right after the huge push in the wake of George Floyd's murder and the interesting takeaway was that encounters with the police end in murder at pretty much the same rate regardless of the races of either the officers or victims. When controlling for population demographics it was more likely for a black or hispanic person to have that encounter than others, but once the cop was targeting you it was about even odds.

The real stark contrast was when you drew the lines by income. If you were sufficiently wealthy your odds of being hurt or killed in an encounter with a police officer regardless of anyone's race dropped to effectively 0 while if you were poor (or the police thought you were) you were in serious trouble.

Not saying this is a good way to look at the data but if you don't break anything down at all and just look at all police shootings equally the least likely kind of person to be on that list is a rich asian lady while the most likely victim is actually a dog...because police kill roughly 10x more pets than people every year.

It's about class, yes, but fuck me the scared little babies popping off rounds at dog parks because wagging tails threaten them need to learn some goddamned discipline and de-escalation tactics.

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