Something does not add up here ===================================
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/07/10/former-philadelphia-police-commissioner-said-america-is-sitting-on-a-powder-keg/ "Blacks continued to be shot at 2.5 times the rate of whites. About half of those killed were white, and about half were minorities. Less than 10 percent of all those killed were unarmed. One-quarter were mentally ill." --------------------------------------------- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_crime_in_the_United_States Homicide According to the US Department of Justice, blacks accounted for 52.5% of homicide offenders from 1980 to 2008, with whites 45.3% and "Other" 2.2%. The offending rate for blacks was almost 8 times higher than whites (per 100,000), and the victim rate 6 times higher (per 100,000). Most murders were intraracial, with 84% of white homicide victims murdered by whites, and 93% of black victims murdered by blacks.[32][33][34] ==================================== If half of murderers are white, and half of murderers are black - then you might expect cops to kill them in a similar ratio. 50/50. Which matches the info above. Somewhat. But how do you get the statistic that cops kill blacks at 2.5 times THE RATE of whites? Something tells me there is data manipulation going on here. Is the Washington Post jumping back and forth between absolute numbers and rates? I bet it will come up in the comments to the article. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/massfire. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
