[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by Fishers2tall

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That will take you to a 37 page report. Scroll down to the bottom of page 13 where you will find Table 14 which I have pictured in the bottom thumbnail. From there all that is needed is simple math. The first column lists how many times the different races were victims of violent crimes. Whites were victims 3,581,360 times, blacks were victims 563,940 times. Combining those brings you to 4,145,300 for Total Violent Incidents which is the first number listed in the meme in question. Next whites are listed as the offender against blacks 10.6% of the time. 10.6% of 563,940 is 59,777. This verifies the number of white on black incidents in the meme in question. Next blacks are listed as the offender against whites 15.3% of the time. 15.3% of 3,581,360 is 547,948. This verifies the black on white incident figure in the meme in question.

So the meme in question is in fact taken from legitimate Bureau of Justice statistics. It is truthful and accurate or at least as accurate as government statistics allow. <...Snip

First of all, you deserve credit for making the effort for your analysis...and doing it in a respectful manner.

HOWEVER, you may want to go back and read the meme again.

You are stating that black on white interracial incidents are 15.3%...yet the meme states it is 90.16%.

Which was my whole point.



As to the "defunding" of police departments, I had a well-researched post that disappeared that actually explained...what "defunded" meant by most of those calling for it.

I totally agree that it would be crazy to eliminate police forces in their entirety and would never agree to doing that, but most of those who speak of defunding are talking about spending less on hiring more cops (NOT eliminating police departments in whole)...and channeling that to programs that will hopefully result in less police needed in the first place.



Now, of course, will come the piling on and personal attacks from my 'fan club' (), but I will once again acknowledge my appreciation of you disagreeing...in a respectful manner.

I just wish we had more of that.