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re: LA Times: Getting shot by police is a leading cause of death for U.S. black men
Posted on 9/10/19 at 1:14 pm to Tigerbait357
Posted on 9/10/19 at 1:14 pm to Tigerbait357
quote:
Police use of force
Interesting how this is the only category that requires an asterisk with an extremely cryptic description of how they came up with such a number.
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Posted on 9/10/19 at 1:14 pm to Tigerbait357
Journalism is a joke these days
Posted on 9/10/19 at 1:14 pm to Tigerbait357
Propaganda
Posted on 9/10/19 at 1:16 pm to Dead End
Breaking News!
Old age is responsible for the most deaths of people over the age of 90.
Old age is responsible for the most deaths of people over the age of 90.
Posted on 9/10/19 at 1:16 pm to RogerTheShrubber
quote:
They're probably 2.5x more likely to commit crimes
It's more than that for violent crime. Makes sense they'd have more run-ins with police
Posted on 9/10/19 at 1:17 pm to Tigerbait357
Another example of how nonsense grows legs and takes off...
The posted graphic clearly states that these are annual mortality rates per 100,000 deaths for black men between 25 and 29.
Police use of force is 7th on that list, with a rate of 3.4 per 100,000 deaths.
So headline is technically accurate in that it's "a leading cause of death", as long as you count the top 7 spots, but it's misleading and stupid.
The posted graphic clearly states that these are annual mortality rates per 100,000 deaths for black men between 25 and 29.
Police use of force is 7th on that list, with a rate of 3.4 per 100,000 deaths.
So headline is technically accurate in that it's "a leading cause of death", as long as you count the top 7 spots, but it's misleading and stupid.
Posted on 9/10/19 at 1:17 pm to Tigerbait357
Last year, 219 black males nationwide were killed by police. 17 were unarmed.
I can't believe this is a statistically significant cause of death.
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I can't believe this is a statistically significant cause of death.
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This post was edited on 9/10/19 at 1:19 pm
Posted on 9/10/19 at 1:18 pm to Tigerbait357
This is such awful, lazy, and purposely misleading "journalism" 
Posted on 9/10/19 at 1:20 pm to upgrayedd
How many of the deaths due to police force were justified?
Posted on 9/10/19 at 1:21 pm to Tigerbait357
Ages 25-29? What kind of arbitrary bullshite is this?
This is classic cherry picking when you know what result you want.
And the fact that it's 2.5x more likely than whites is actually surprisingly low considering blacks commit violent crime at many more times than rate than whites
This is classic cherry picking when you know what result you want.
And the fact that it's 2.5x more likely than whites is actually surprisingly low considering blacks commit violent crime at many more times than rate than whites
Posted on 9/10/19 at 1:21 pm to Tigerbait357
quote:
“That’s better odds of being killed by police than you have of winning a lot of scratch-off lottery games.”
How many black men who are killed by police are buying scratch offs?
Posted on 9/10/19 at 1:22 pm to Sneaky__Sally
I guess my white guilt is not strong, I don't care.
Posted on 9/10/19 at 1:22 pm to Fun Bunch
quote:
How many of the deaths due to police force were justified?
Don't go asking simple, reasonable questions like that, bruh
Posted on 9/10/19 at 1:23 pm to Tigerbait357
Also look at it this way...
Blacks 13% of USA
Black men 6%
I'm going to give a rough estimate of black men aged 25-29 as being 0.5% of the population
Now, NYT, I want you to tell us how many murders that 0.5% of the country is responsible for. Then maybe you will understand your data
Blacks 13% of USA
Black men 6%
I'm going to give a rough estimate of black men aged 25-29 as being 0.5% of the population
Now, NYT, I want you to tell us how many murders that 0.5% of the country is responsible for. Then maybe you will understand your data
Posted on 9/10/19 at 1:23 pm to Tigerbait357
cool. Can we quit spending money on research for heart disease and other illnesses in black men now?
Sounds like the LA Times has it all figured out.
Sounds like the LA Times has it all figured out.
Posted on 9/10/19 at 1:23 pm to Tigerbait357
The actual study is behind a paywall.
Being 30x more likely to die as a result of assault seems like a bigger deal. It also seems like it might have some impact on police needing to use force.
Also didn't know people died from HIV anymore. The fact that HIV is a more likely killer than cancer should also be alarming.
Being 30x more likely to die as a result of assault seems like a bigger deal. It also seems like it might have some impact on police needing to use force.
Also didn't know people died from HIV anymore. The fact that HIV is a more likely killer than cancer should also be alarming.
Posted on 9/10/19 at 1:26 pm to Tigerbait357
HIV is responsible for twice as many deaths among that demographic so why the focus on what is essentially the 5th lowest category?
Because it supports a narrative and sells papers, that's why.
Because it supports a narrative and sells papers, that's why.
This post was edited on 9/10/19 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 9/10/19 at 1:29 pm to Tigerbait357
What's more concerning to me is that there are thousands and thousands of dumb fricks that'll actually believe this.
Posted on 9/10/19 at 1:34 pm to Joshjrn
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Police use of force is 7th on that list, with a rate of 3.4 per 100,000 deaths.
Even that data is highly questionable. All the other causes of death are from 2015. The researcher is using his own mysterious data from 2013-2018, then averaging it out and shoehorning it into real scientific data.
Posted on 9/10/19 at 1:35 pm to Tigerbait357
How do those numbers go down if they don't commit crimes?
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