re: If you were a black American you'd be scared too....facts don't lie!!

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You cant use total population numbers of demographics.

Comparing white population to just black population one would have to assume every black person had an interaction with a police officer and every white person had an interaction with a police officer in a given year.

But if we really want to use those stats, then look at the rate black men commit violent crimes, and the rate white men commit violent crimes and whites are still more likely to get shot by a cop.

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This.

People either forget or refuse to understand the proportionality issue.

US Census Bureau has the US population at around 328.2 million. 60% white (196.9 million), 13.4% black (43.9 million)

Police killed 250 black suspects (5.6 per 1 million)
Police killed 403 white suspects (2 per 1 million)

Black people committed 146,734 violent crimes (33.4 per 10,000)
White people committed 230,299 violent crimes (11.6 per 10,000)

So, black people are killed at a rate 2.8x higher than whites (5.6/2) while black people commit violent crime at a rate 2.8x higher whites (33.4/11.6). Funny how that works out, eh?

(stats are from 2018, the text is shamelessly copied from Leonydus Johnson)