WaitingforRuffcorn wrote:
He said many different things. And what does held accountable mean? Had several of them investigated. Even in the case of George Zimmerman, which started this, the man was brought to trail. Acquitted, but brought to trial.
I looked it up again, and it was 26 percent. Meanwhile black men were arrested for 51 percept of the total murders in the US in 2014. So violent encounters probably skew the statistics.
Do you believe that police departments are targeting black people for execution? What would they gain from that? The average payout is above $3 million for every incident.
thats the whole thing for me. i dont' think they really want awareness brought because the science and statistics will tell them that most of these are justified. its like being in an accident and breaking your back but only being concerned about a sprained wrist. Sure its entirely ok to be concerned about both but when you are only screaming about your sprained wrist it doesn't seem to anyone else that you even care about your broken back.
Take the systematic racism out of it. That is nothing a police force can resolve. Many african american areas are crime addled. So officers (many of which are not white) that patrol these areas already have a heightened sense of defense. which results in more altercations where they have to put their hands on african americans (any physical interaction really) than possibly other races. it makes sense. a cop is going to try and take more control of a situation in cabrini than they will in mayberry where crime rates are minimal.
but the numbers bare out. officers are not using deadly force any more on black people than they are on white people per harvard studies. HARVARD!
locally here davenport ia police were taking heat for some agressiveness in some of these areas. they systematically backed away from the areas due to the lashback. there is an increase in shootings at almost 400%! damned if you do damned if you don't.
I'm not blind to the fact that there are bad police officers and they should be held accountable but quite frankly i think thats the last of African American's worries right now. Its unpopular for a white person to say that but as one who fosters and gets first hand view into the hardships many African Americans go through, its hard for me to believe solving the police issue is even going to make a small dent in the overall problems facing them today.
Education, Promotion of the Nuclear Family, and solid Employment options should be the #1 topic in my mind.
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