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And now you're the one doing exactly what you implied Cannoli was doing. LiterateDog Send a noteboard - 05/12/2014 05:17:25 PM

But instead of looking at absolutes as he was, you're trying to make things proportional based purely on the race of someone's birth instead of their actions.

X percent of black people are arrested. A roughly equal percentage of people killed by police are black.

Y percent of white people are arrested. A roughly equal percentage of people killed by police are white.

It seems to me you think that blacks should only be responsible for a share of crime that equals their percentage of the population. And thus equals their interactions with police. Well, that would be nice, but it isn't reality. Black people commit far more than 13 - 14% of total crime and thus are more likely to come in contact with police and are thus more likely be killed as relates to their share of overall percentage of the population.

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New York cop pushes black man's face into pavement and chokes him to death for selling cigerettes - 04/12/2014 12:03:54 AM 1219 Views
What does his color have to do with anything? - 04/12/2014 07:37:08 AM 748 Views
A short answer for your long post - 04/12/2014 04:43:12 PM 597 Views
123 blacks shot to death by cops in 2012; 326 whites. - 05/12/2014 12:40:56 AM 637 Views
These numbers make me angry. - 05/12/2014 05:39:26 AM 594 Views
I hate these stats, so misleading. Only 13% of the US population is black! - 05/12/2014 02:02:18 PM 683 Views
"Proportions, man." - 05/12/2014 02:28:23 PM 563 Views
math is hard - 05/12/2014 02:45:08 PM 648 Views
It doesn't matter why. - 05/12/2014 03:19:54 PM 789 Views
it does to me. - 05/12/2014 03:52:01 PM 597 Views
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Danger is my middle name. *NM* - 05/12/2014 04:47:23 PM 319 Views
But that's a completely separate issue than the one that the post is talking about. - 05/12/2014 05:12:44 PM 727 Views
Heh, yes. Because none of us ever adds layers to these posts. Ever. - 05/12/2014 07:34:04 PM 617 Views
That is SUCH A BAD SENTENCE. - 05/12/2014 08:07:18 PM 610 Views
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Okay. I can agree that we do go on tangents. - 05/12/2014 10:23:21 PM 883 Views
Re: "Proportions, man." - 05/12/2014 03:34:16 PM 741 Views
So what you have implied here then is that - 05/12/2014 04:05:10 PM 613 Views
That's a fair assumption to make *shrug* *NM* - 07/12/2014 05:35:59 PM 351 Views
And now you're the one doing exactly what you implied Cannoli was doing. - 05/12/2014 05:17:25 PM 538 Views
...I'm doing no such thing. - 07/12/2014 05:27:13 PM 616 Views
L-Dog is right, you are wrong, look at the proportion of crimes committed..... - 05/12/2014 06:30:29 PM 590 Views
Erm, no. - 07/12/2014 05:34:38 PM 732 Views
Unbelievable. I have no words... *NM* - 04/12/2014 10:15:32 AM 473 Views
he was not choked to death and he was not choked for selling cigerettes - 04/12/2014 02:28:44 PM 563 Views
I mean, "Killed him without intent" is pretty much the definition of manslaughter, isn't it? *NM* - 04/12/2014 04:44:18 PM 334 Views
sorry but it isn't - 04/12/2014 05:54:27 PM 539 Views
did you actually watch the video of his death? - 04/12/2014 06:30:26 PM 588 Views
OK watched it all the way. Which one of my conclusions were suppossed to change? - 04/12/2014 07:39:07 PM 473 Views
sorry, i mistook you for a human capable of compassion. my mistake - 04/12/2014 07:47:35 PM 505 Views
Don't worry I don't mistaake you for someone capable of rational thought - 04/12/2014 10:56:44 PM 496 Views

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