Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - Epidemic of racially motivated police shootings? University report says no.
View Single Post
 
Old 08-17-2020, 05:43 AM
Love2Swim Love2Swim is offline
Veteran member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 802
Thanks: 1,029
Thanked 813 Times in 276 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby View Post
I didn't know that "black people being *shot* by white police" was the issue, so much as black people being chased, shot, tazed, accused, jailed, charged, beat up, battered, physically assaulted by white police, more than white people who were under suspicion of the same crimes.
That’s it exactly. And there are many studies showing black people are anywhere from three to eight times more likely to be shot during a police encounter than white people. Why anyone would try to infer the opposite in the face of facts is just another instance of systemic racism in this country.