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From the first website you link:

>Black people were 28% of those killed by police in 2020 despite being only 13% of the population.

You basically just proved the point you were replying to, that racial inequality exists in policing.

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This is a very naive view. Black people are responsible for higher share of murders, for example, than their share of population. We should look at the frequency of interactions with the police, not at the population shares.

Apparently gender inequality exists in policing as well. Why do police almost exclusively murder males, in your opinion?

I'm asking in good faith, because I think you have insightful comments and I'm curious, even if I disagree with you on a few things.

I don’t have data to link to but I’m almost certain that if men and women are 50/50 then crime, or police interactions, are more like 80/20. Add onto that math that males have a higher level of aggression and physical ability to pose a threat and I feel the majority of your delta is explained.

Just knowing the percentage of men owning guns is way higher than women owning guns would change your perceived threat level based on sex.

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/06/29/how-male-an...

Also feels safe to assume men murder at a higher rate, are cereal killers, and generally a more dangerous type of human than a female.

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