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police brutality and relative mortality

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by basso, Jun 1, 2020.

  1. basso

    basso Member
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    if true, i found this surprising.





    there's additional background/info in the thread.
     
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  2. Mr.Scarface

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    When y’all as the last time you saw a white person killed on video while being arrested, detained or chased by vigilantes in trucks? I can think of 6 times in the last 3 months for black people.
     
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  3. rocketsjudoka

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    The other point is for this current crisis George Floyd wasn't arrested for a violent crime. For that matter neither was Philando Castile, or Eric Ganer
     
  4. Ubiquitin

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    If I understand your post correctly, you’re making the point that police should not be killing or brutalizing white Americans either, correct?

    Or is it the opposite and that the whole issue is overblown? Because at the end of the day I am thankful I am white when I see police lights.
     
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  5. JuanValdez

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    Wow, that is really uninteresting and irrelevant.
     
  6. Invisible Fan

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    Thread premise is doodoo

    I'm an Asian who's mostly seen the better side of police. Cops do a tough job that's hard to please everyone.

    The system needs fixing but obviously government cuts and shortages are part of the problem taxpayers can not shrug off.
     
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  7. KingCheetah

    KingCheetah Atomic Playboy
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    Leonydus Johnson

    Christian | Pro-Life | Libertarian | Actor | Writer | Speech-Language Pathologist | Dubbed 'Gatekeeper to White Supremacy' by unhinged leftists
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    So Brave
     
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  8. tallanvor

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    Shouldn't the denominator be resisted arrest and not violent crimes?
     
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  9. basso

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    yeah, could be. maybe that's the distinction.
     
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  10. Andre0087

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    Sounds like a Trump 2020 slogan...
     
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  11. Ubiquitin

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    I need to Copyright that so I can sue if they use it!
     
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  12. KingCheetah

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    Big if true.
     
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    The liberals like going by the data until it conflicts with their narrative it seems
     
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    sample bias of if we have seen it or not
     
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  17. pgabriel

    pgabriel Educated Negro

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    Ive often posted that more whites are killed by police every year and the retort is always there are more whites and my retort is blacks are involved in more crime. The statistics dont surprise me

    I also agree that George Floyd's death and some more recent ones are about race but overall i really don't believe there is an institutional racism issue with law enforcement.
     
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  18. Space Ghost

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    When it comes to institutional racism, there is ambiguity. Unfortunately there are too many individuals who try to directly correlate institutional racism to white supremacist/kkk. These people tend to immediately disregard economic disparity in favor of bigotry.

    The reality is many law enforcement and prosecutors like Harris grab at the lowest hanging fruit for their own gain.
     
  19. CometsWin

    CometsWin Breaker Breaker One Nine

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    I presume your evidence is some dumb anecdote about how you knew a black guy who committed a crime and didn't get killed.
     
  20. pgabriel

    pgabriel Educated Negro

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    Whats your evidence that it is? The numbers Basso are real and don't back up institutional racism

    Im black btw idiot. I don't know any victims of police brutality just like all of the black posters here don't know any
     
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