@Bit.
Session was OK. Thanks.
I'll respond, but I am sure we will never come to any sort of agreement on this issue.
You want to focus on number. I get that.
But the simple fact is that your numbers are meaningless without the underlying facts.
If the CDC came out and said that the rate of lung cancer was the highest in West Virginia, and gave all kinds of numbers to show it, but then DIDN'T REPORT that 90% of the people suffering from cancer were coal miners, it would be a pretty useless statistic, right?
What I am saying is that the numbers you want to base your argument on tells us nothing about the behavior of people being shot.
Bad things happen to people who behave badly. That's just a common sense fact of life.
Wise off to a cop, you might get arrested.
Act erratically or violently around a cop, you will certainly get taken down and possibly shot.
"Are you suggesting that a population group that represents 13% of society is responsible for creating a condition that forces their fatality at a rate that is 200% over their representation in society?"
My chart shows that more whites are killed by cops than blacks and hispanics combined.
But what percentage of violent crime is committed by each group?
This chart is 10 years out of date, but paints a very bleak picture. I believe the FBI counts hispanic either as white (think Robert Duran) or Black (think Big Papi) when tabulating crimes by race.
From this website:
https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-black-americans-commit-crime
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And from this website, which has more recent data the percentages seem to have gone down as of late, but are sill quite disturbing. I believe these numbers are
counting hispanics separately.
From this site:
https://www.ncjrs.gov/ovc_archives/...rtwork/Fact_Sheets/2017NCVRW_Homicide_508.pdf
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So to answer your question. Yes. That is what I am saying. The percentages of groups shot by cops is more closely related to the amount of violent crime being committed by those groups, not the overall population percentage.
We will not agree on this topic. Ever. But that is fine.
I have like your non-political posts on this board, though.
Would like to see you do some reviews though, as you seem to have a lot to offer.
Take care and have a nice Sunday and long weekend.