re: Statistics on black on black crimes, police on black killing

Go post this in a rap forum and then post the results here.

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Socioeconomic status is always a large factor in crime stats across the world.

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That's what the race baiters don't want you to hear. I have no doubt that racism exists amongst some police officers, but I suspect the majority of "unfair" profiling is largely due to being associated with a high crime area.

Beyond that I think you simply have a case of confounded statistics. In our country blacks still make up a large portion of lower socioeconomic brackets. Across the board racially, these brackets tend to produce individuals more likely to commit crimes. After that it is a simple numbers game.

Therefore the perceived issues with police are a symptom of a greater problem. This is why many people point out that the real movement needs to be about raising yourself up and not playing the victim.

Although there have been several cases recently that I tend to side with the view that police have overstepped their bounds with violence, I think it's perfectly acceptable to put someone on some sort of administrative leave during the investigation. An arrest of the officer in the Mike Brown case would have been purely due to media sensationalism and rioting. It was proven multiple times that he did nothing wrong, but people were, and still are calling for his head. We are not a country of mob rule. An arrest should not be warranted until there is evidence of wrongdoing. Right now, the media and knee jerk reaction from the community are dictating how we should proceed with determining the guilt of a person. That's absurd. It's happened way too many times in all types of cases over the last several years.

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Not sure why outrage for one situation but not the other?

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You're a fricking idiot if you don't see the difference between an individual committing a murder and a police officer committing a murder and then facing no consequences for it because his cop buddies stick up for him and the state refuses to prosecute him.

When one black guy from the neighborhood kills another black guy from the neighbor hood, and they know who did it, that guy goes to jail for a long time. When a cop kills a black guy, even if there's video of it, nothing is done.

And there is outrage about black on black crime. Just because you don't hear about it on the news doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

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My takeaway from those stats is a country of over 300 million people is policed with only 500 deaths per year, most of which are justified. Instances of police misconduct should be prosecuted but it isn't an "epidemic".

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That was the most intelligent thing said in this thread.

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'm hall of fame bound. Suck it.

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Well that is something to hang your hat on.

Is that what you saw on law and order?

I don't commit crimes and when addressed by a police officer I am polite and respectful. As such, I have never been fricking killed by one. Not too fricking hard now is it.

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When a black person kills another black person, any and all suspects will be rounded up and there will likely be a prosecution.

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Typically this happens because a crime was committed.

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When a cop kills someone, they are put on paid administrative leave while an "investigation" goes on.

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And this typically happens when a cop is responding to a crime.





But you're right, if a cop uses force, especially on a black person, they should just be thrown in jail. Nevermind that 99% of the time they were justified and doing their job appropriately.



It's crazy that you typed out that post and people actually agreed with you. I guess people actually think that way?

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When a black person kills another black person, any and all suspects will be rounded up

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True, followed by..."I didn't see nuffin or I ain't no snitch."

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there will likely be a prosecution.

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Not as often as you think.

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When a cop kills someone, they are put on paid administrative leave while an "investigation" goes on.

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True. What is different from the above regardless if you were justified our not you are giving a statement to investigators.

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That's the difference.

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Yep.