Ok. I see we are getting a little off topic here but you should know that when you say “summer of love” without context, that could be taken to mean 1967 when droves of hippies descended on San Francisco.
Anyway again, I’m sorry you had to witness that. It is a shame that so much anger and violence erupted after the brutal murder of George Floyd by registered republican police thug Derek Chauvin. The world needs less violence, not more.
Perhaps if more black folks had guns, then it would no longer be true that, according to the [British Medical Journal],(bmj.com/…/fatal-police-shootings-of-unarmed-black…) “Fatal police shootings of unarmed Black people in US more than 3 times as high as in Whites.” Maybe then such riots could be a thing of the past.
Thanks for posting this good read. This article makes a lot of sense.
“These statistics are consistent with excessive use of deadly force against Black people, due to a mathematical phenomenon called Simpson’s Paradox.
The key point is that not all encounters with police are equally deadly. In any given kind of encounter with the police, a Black person can be likelier to be killed than a white person even if the overall rate of deaths per encounter appears lower for Black people. This would happen because Black people have many more interactions with police in non-deadly situations — a dynamic exacerbated by racism. And all those extra encounters dilute the rate.”
Again you didn’t read the article you posted. It agrees with the findings of JMA and contradicts your false claim. It seems reality disagrees with you again. I’m sorry. This must be difficult for you.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 9 months ago
That was in 2020.
Bongo_Stryker@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Ok. I see we are getting a little off topic here but you should know that when you say “summer of love” without context, that could be taken to mean 1967 when droves of hippies descended on San Francisco.
Anyway again, I’m sorry you had to witness that. It is a shame that so much anger and violence erupted after the brutal murder of George Floyd by registered republican police thug Derek Chauvin. The world needs less violence, not more.
Perhaps if more black folks had guns, then it would no longer be true that, according to the [British Medical Journal],(bmj.com/…/fatal-police-shootings-of-unarmed-black…) “Fatal police shootings of unarmed Black people in US more than 3 times as high as in Whites.” Maybe then such riots could be a thing of the past.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Unarmed doesn’t mean they are not dangerous.
Also you should watch the real evidence of the trial. I doubt it’d change your mind but I did post the link to it. The media lied to you.
I agree the world needs less violence. Why I vote against democrats.
I was in law enforcement and the military. I’ve never seen anything more violent than a democrat.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Also you should be aware how statistics really break out. Based on time data, blacks are less likely to be Killed than white people.
bostonglobe.com/…/statistical-paradox-police-kill…
Bongo_Stryker@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Does anybody care that we are going ridiculously way off topic?
bostonglobe.com/…/statistical-paradox-police-kill…
Thanks for posting this good read. This article makes a lot of sense.
“These statistics are consistent with excessive use of deadly force against Black people, due to a mathematical phenomenon called Simpson’s Paradox.
The key point is that not all encounters with police are equally deadly. In any given kind of encounter with the police, a Black person can be likelier to be killed than a white person even if the overall rate of deaths per encounter appears lower for Black people. This would happen because Black people have many more interactions with police in non-deadly situations — a dynamic exacerbated by racism. And all those extra encounters dilute the rate.”
Again you didn’t read the article you posted. It agrees with the findings of JMA and contradicts your false claim. It seems reality disagrees with you again. I’m sorry. This must be difficult for you.