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(32,626 posts)I'm beginning to hate numbers, when there is so much hidden behind them....though Ben Crump would certainly know far better than I.
live love laugh
(13,104 posts)Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)Seems like a rather over-arching problem is lack of police accountability when they kill people generally.
I would think though that a statistical analysis would prove it mathematically unlikely that the race of these victims didn't play a role in the lack of successful prosecutions.
live love laugh
(13,104 posts)Im guessing very few.
It definitely wouldnt be downplayed if it happened.
EX500rider
(10,842 posts)In 2016 they killed 62 women, if that is avg then they killed around 310 women in that 5 year period.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2015/jun/01/the-counted-police-killings-us-database
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)If there were also X white women shot dead by police and not one of them was convicted of murder either ... what would/should we make of the situation then?
Not saying that's the case, but I'd need a statistical analysis before I'd form an strong opinion on a subject like this.
It's how my mind works.
Which I will unapologetically and emphatically state is how everyone's mind SHOULD work
EX500rider
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Were they armed and shooting at the police? Did they try to run over the police with their car? Not every shooting is unjustified.
Jedi Guy
(3,187 posts)Some of them certainly are unjust, some certainly aren't. It depends entirely upon the details of each case. For instance, if a cop shot a black woman in the back as she fled (e.g., the shooting of Walter Scott by Michael Slager), that's unjust. However, if an officer shot a black woman who was aiming a gun at him/her, that's a different scenario altogether. Lumping every single shooting under the "unjust" heading, regardless of circumstances, is nonsense. The details matter.