09-24-2017, 01:16 PM
(09-24-2017, 01:03 PM)muskiesfan Wrote: This has taken a turn into a political thread, but they're not protesting to disrespect the flag. That is not the point of the protest at all. It's not to disrespect the flag, country, service men and women, or anything like that. It's to bring more light on social injustice.
Yes, more white people are killed by police than black people in total number. However, when you adjust for total population, black people are 7 times more likely to be killed than white people. That is something that should be looked into. That is a problem.
People keep wanting to twist the message. Part of that is that Kaepernick has became the poster boy for this protest and he is a total douchebag. However, it is a real issue that needs to be worked on.
That's the problem with the statistics nobody what's to figure out why. Maybe they are just putting themselves in situations to be shot by police more than whites. Sounds horrible but it's reality. What is it something like blacks make up 12% of the population but 90% of the jails. Why is that. There's always going to be bad cops of all races towards all races. What is it that the black community is doing to put so many of their people at risk of being shot by police.
