Comment by JohnBooty | Hacker News Reader

Comment by JohnBooty | Hacker News Reader

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    So, it's very telling when (nearly always white) 
    officers leap to unnecessarily violent tactics 
    on (nearly always Black) victims.

I could have been clearer about the context of my statement: I was referring to the police shootings that have made national headlines. My bad.

Nonetheless, while the overall reality of police killings in America is less dramatic than "nearly always", but it worrisomely lopsided. Black Americans are killed by police at a per-capita rate of roughly 2:1 compared to white Americans.

https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2020-06-03/data-show-de...

That is... not good. How do you explain that?

Crime rate is different. There are at least 3 ways to do the statistic:

1. What race has the biggest number being killed by cops? (answer: white)

2. What race has the most per-capita being killed by cops? (answer: black)

3. What race is most likely to be killed by cops if they get in a police confrontation? (answer: white)

The obvious solution for non-equality with #2 is to fix the culture so that conflict with the cops is less likely. Don't do crime. If you are stopped by cops, be fully compliant and don't look like a threat. When stopped by the cops, don't even think of reaching for something they can't see. You just wait, and then you'll be able to sort things out in court.

Eh, we also should fix the non-equality with #3. It shouldn't be more excusable to shoot white people.

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