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Heh, yes. Because none of us ever adds layers to these posts. Ever. nossy Send a noteboard - 05/12/2014 07:34:04 PM

*hits you with a snowball *


View original postI'd love to change things so that all groups committed crimes at the same rate. I'd love for no group to commit any crime at all. Neither of those will ever happen.


View original postCan things be changed so that they're better? Undoubtedly.


View original postHowever, this post isn't about why the crimes are committed. The post is about do cops unfairly target and kill black people based solely on their race. I'd say, from this one statistical match (so there is HUGE room for it to be wrong), that the answer isn't as cut-and-dried as many want to portray for whatever reason.

Whether or not the original post was, my comment was made purposely because I'm getting tired of everyone ignoring the issues (racism, socioeconomic-squeeze, etc) that cause imbalance in the system. I'm not accusing you of doing this, but your post created a sound platform for my current soapbox.

As it exists currently, you are right. From those statistics, it may not be appropriate to suggest that there is unfairness based on color, if looking only at the balance of arrests/crime to accidental killings and not at the background.

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New York cop pushes black man's face into pavement and chokes him to death for selling cigerettes Sports_Gambler - 04/12/2014 12:03:54 AM 1219 Views
What does his color have to do with anything? Cannoli - 04/12/2014 07:37:08 AM 748 Views
A short answer for your long post beetnemesis - 04/12/2014 04:43:12 PM 597 Views
123 blacks shot to death by cops in 2012; 326 whites. Cannoli - 05/12/2014 12:40:56 AM 637 Views
These numbers make me angry. Urza - 05/12/2014 05:39:26 AM 594 Views
I hate these stats, so misleading. Only 13% of the US population is black! Nebhead - 05/12/2014 02:02:18 PM 683 Views
"Proportions, man." LiterateDog - 05/12/2014 02:28:23 PM 564 Views
math is hard nossy - 05/12/2014 02:45:08 PM 649 Views
It doesn't matter why. LiterateDog - 05/12/2014 03:19:54 PM 789 Views
it does to me. nossy - 05/12/2014 03:52:01 PM 599 Views
Dangerous territories when you talk socioeconomics The Shrike - 05/12/2014 04:08:57 PM 559 Views
Danger is my middle name. *NM* nossy - 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. LiterateDog - 05/12/2014 05:12:44 PM 728 Views
Heh, yes. Because none of us ever adds layers to these posts. Ever. nossy - 05/12/2014 07:34:04 PM 618 Views
That is SUCH A BAD SENTENCE. nossy - 05/12/2014 08:07:18 PM 610 Views
I'm not Tom The Shrike - 05/12/2014 10:13:43 PM 561 Views
Thus spake Patsy Stone! LiterateDog - 05/12/2014 10:15:44 PM 572 Views
Sweetie Darling The Shrike - 05/12/2014 10:16:34 PM 465 Views
Okay. I can agree that we do go on tangents. LiterateDog - 05/12/2014 10:23:21 PM 883 Views
Re: "Proportions, man." Nebhead - 05/12/2014 03:34:16 PM 741 Views
So what you have implied here then is that The Shrike - 05/12/2014 04:05:10 PM 613 Views
That's a fair assumption to make *shrug* *NM* Nebhead - 07/12/2014 05:35:59 PM 351 Views
And now you're the one doing exactly what you implied Cannoli was doing. LiterateDog - 05/12/2014 05:17:25 PM 538 Views
Implicit in your posts seems to be the assumption that crime rates and arrest rates are equal Ghavrel - 06/12/2014 09:26:13 AM 687 Views
If you want to keep getting deeper in the weeds..... Anonymous2000 - 06/12/2014 07:28:49 PM 508 Views
I'm not disputing that; I'm saying there's an issue with the overall rates of arrest. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/12/2014 08:29:49 PM 276 Views
the problem with your example is it the execption not the rule random thoughts - 08/12/2014 02:40:14 PM 561 Views
I don't have any proof of that either way. I agree that broken window policing plays a role. *NM* Ghavrel - 09/12/2014 12:25:14 AM 221 Views
They question is it it worth the cost? random thoughts - 09/12/2014 04:40:02 PM 424 Views
...I'm doing no such thing. Nebhead - 07/12/2014 05:27:13 PM 616 Views
L-Dog is right, you are wrong, look at the proportion of crimes committed..... Anonymous2000 - 05/12/2014 06:30:29 PM 590 Views
Erm, no. Nebhead - 07/12/2014 05:34:38 PM 732 Views
Unbelievable. I have no words... *NM* ironclad - 04/12/2014 10:15:32 AM 473 Views
he was not choked to death and he was not choked for selling cigerettes random thoughts - 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* beetnemesis - 04/12/2014 04:44:18 PM 334 Views
sorry but it isn't random thoughts - 04/12/2014 05:54:27 PM 539 Views
did you actually watch the video of his death? moondog - 04/12/2014 06:30:26 PM 588 Views
OK watched it all the way. Which one of my conclusions were suppossed to change? random thoughts - 04/12/2014 07:39:07 PM 474 Views
sorry, i mistook you for a human capable of compassion. my mistake moondog - 04/12/2014 07:47:35 PM 505 Views
Don't worry I don't mistaake you for someone capable of rational thought random thoughts - 04/12/2014 10:56:44 PM 496 Views
The guy is dead due to preexisting medical conditions and for resisting arrest. Anonymous2000 - 04/12/2014 05:11:41 PM 491 Views
watch the video below - the choke hold applied is barred from use by NYPD rules moondog - 04/12/2014 07:43:15 PM 622 Views
The multi-racial grand jury concluded it wasn't a choke hold. *NM* Anonymous2000 - 04/12/2014 07:47:31 PM 259 Views
with secret testimony how do you know for sure? they only chose not to indict moondog - 04/12/2014 07:52:04 PM 501 Views
The grand jury had all the facts, much, much, much more than you could imagine. Anonymous2000 - 04/12/2014 08:00:51 PM 520 Views
the grand jury had all the facts the DA felt they needed to not indict and much much more moondog - 04/12/2014 08:10:26 PM 441 Views
according to you all they needed was the video and if they didn't see that there is a problem *NM* random thoughts - 04/12/2014 10:58:34 PM 306 Views
I find this video much more damning random thoughts - 05/12/2014 05:01:11 AM 671 Views
That's pretty much what a police lieutenant in my hometown said. Cannoli - 05/12/2014 05:42:51 AM 654 Views
where did you get the heart attack from? wikipedia shows it as a homicide, as it should moondog - 04/12/2014 06:32:44 PM 519 Views
Homicide doesn't equal crime, look up the medical/legal definition of the word. *NM* Anonymous2000 - 04/12/2014 07:49:06 PM 251 Views
if only it were possible to get to the facts in a court case to prove one way or the other *NM* moondog - 04/12/2014 07:53:18 PM 303 Views
Even wiki says he died of a heart attack on his way to the hospital random thoughts - 04/12/2014 08:06:00 PM 505 Views
Wikipedia once told me about President McKinley having magical powers & Terry Goodkind being Batman Cannoli - 04/12/2014 11:44:00 PM 546 Views
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