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2020-06-07 -Lurid Crime Tales-

[American Renaissance] The United States is in an uproar over the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police. There have been demonstrations in over 400 US cities, and looting and arson in every major city. Why are so many people in the streets? Because they believe that American society is systematically racist and that the police brutalize and even casually murder black men.

The media constantly tell people the police are racist, and many people think the disturbing video of the death of George Floyd bears this out. But let’s look at the facts.

Every year, American police officers have about 370 million contacts with civilians. Most of the time nothing happens, but 12 to 13 million times a year, the police make an arrest. How often does this lead to the death of an unarmed black person? We know the number thanks to a detailed Washington Post database of every killing by the police. What is your guess as to the number of unarmed blacks killed by the police every year? One hundred? Three hundred? Last year, the figure was nine.

That number is going down, not up. In 2015, police killed 38 unarmed blacks. In 2017, 21. What about white people? Last year, police killed 19 unarmed whites, in addition to the 9 unarmed blacks. We know the number of black and white people arrested every year, so it is possible to make an interesting calculation. The chances of being unarmed, arrested, and then killed by the police are higher for whites than for blacks. For both races, it’s very rare: One out of 292,000 arrests for blacks, and out of 283,000 arrests for whites. This is hardly what we would expect from the way the media report these deaths.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-06-07 09:17|| || Front Page|| [11140 views ] Top

#1 Facts be racist

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-06-07 09:56|| 2020-06-07 09:56|| Front Page Top

#2 I thought the COVID-19 stats were something else, but THESE stats....

Posted by Clem 2020-06-07 09:59|| 2020-06-07 09:59|| Front Page Top

#3 So, Clem. You don't like these stats? They aren't pretty but I think they are better documented than St. Fauci / CDC / WHO / NIH eyewash.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-06-07 10:26|| 2020-06-07 10:26|| Front Page Top

#4 I should have used the /sarc tag. I was trying to make the point about the hysteria of COVID-19 and the low numbers percentage wise in relation to the 370 million contacts by the police and only nine deaths of unarmed blacks. The numbers you provided are even more insanely low. Sorry for the confusion.

Posted by Clem 2020-06-07 10:32|| 2020-06-07 10:32|| Front Page Top

#5 /sarc be hard these days. That's why the Bee is so piquant.

About 1 police encounter per capita. And we kno few of those are taking place in hospital neonatal units, ICU or nursing homes. So some capitas have more encounters than others. Seems like something "social credit" could track. Oh, never mind...

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-06-07 10:37|| 2020-06-07 10:37|| Front Page Top

#6 So, how many cops are killed in encounters with the oppressed?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-06-07 11:05|| 2020-06-07 11:05|| Front Page Top

#7 Officers Down Memorial Page

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-06-07 11:08|| 2020-06-07 11:08|| Front Page Top

#8 Oh, geeze, I see now they count COVID as a officer down. Ow!

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-06-07 11:09|| 2020-06-07 11:09|| Front Page Top

#9 The United States is in an uproar over the death of George Floyd

White liberals and feral yoots, yes; don't know about everybody else but I'd say 'probably not'.

Posted by Raj 2020-06-07 11:10|| 2020-06-07 11:10|| Front Page Top

#10 #7 I don't suppose somebody broken down the perp stats by race.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-06-07 11:14|| 2020-06-07 11:14|| Front Page Top

#11 I'm uncomfortable with how Floyd's situation was handled, as seen on the video. Videos don't tell the whole story (not excusing what was on the video.) All that said, a I told a distraught friend of mine this morning "Rioting is not a job and working America will prevail." Even our ~~boot~~ Nike licking politicians understand that without tax revenues they ain't going to be kissing up to any miscreants for long.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-06-07 11:15|| 2020-06-07 11:15|| Front Page Top

#12 #10. Almost all of that is in the originally cited article. I guess since it didn't come from something St. Fauci pushed, you didn't even read it.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-06-07 11:17|| 2020-06-07 11:17|| Front Page Top

#13 #12 All I see at the link is breakdown by: gunfire, auto, other

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-06-07 11:22|| 2020-06-07 11:22|| Front Page Top

#14 Don’t you know? Math is RACIST!!!

Posted by CrazyFool 2020-06-07 11:25|| 2020-06-07 11:25|| Front Page Top

#15 Funny how math skills improve when counting cash from ill-gotten gains (drugs, stolen property, protection money, etc.).

Posted by Clem 2020-06-07 11:28|| 2020-06-07 11:28|| Front Page Top

#16 It's rayciss. Facist. White privilege. Old saying: why don't "some people" like aspirin? Three reasons: It's white, it works and you have to pick cotton to get at it.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-06-07 11:30|| 2020-06-07 11:30|| Front Page Top

#17 /\ Hehehe

Posted by Clem 2020-06-07 11:31|| 2020-06-07 11:31|| Front Page Top

#18 Maff..

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-06-07 11:31|| 2020-06-07 11:31|| Front Page Top

#19 I've been pointing out to people that "white privilege" is nothing more than another racist take on the "White Man's Burden" which is the same justification for slavery by the south. White privilege cannot exist unless blacks are inferior, so by claiming to repudiate it, they are in fact, being MORE racist.

Posted by Silentbrick 2020-06-07 11:48|| 2020-06-07 11:48|| Front Page Top

#20 It is my privilege to earn enough to pay taxes, as Rush Limbaugh has said. Where I don't feel particularly privileged is in reading about all the useless crap my tax dollars are spent on.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-06-07 11:53|| 2020-06-07 11:53|| Front Page Top

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