Comment on Illinois gun groups report confusion, 'civil disobedience' after deadline passes to register 'assault' weapons

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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.

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