NFL Protest

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(09-29-2017, 09:57 AM)Luvnit2 Wrote: To use population, I think all facts need to be considered. What is the violent crime rate % for blacks versus whites and others? My guess is it is much higher for blacks. If so, yes blacks would put themselves in a position of danger if they are committing more violent crimes than whites overall.

This we know, the cities like Chicago have a ton of black on black violent crime. My concern has always been for the innocent kids and moms who can't walk in their own neighborhood. I would love to see pro athletes protest that, that would show me they understand we have a much bigger problem than a rogue white cop killing a black criminal. Look at the number of deaths in Chicago, it is almost as much or more in one city than all white on black police shootings each year.

I don't have an issue with the number of black people shot by police, necessarily. The problem I'm focusing on is the unarmed bit, which the first study outlines is pretty stilted based on race.

I agree that there is a lot of violence in black neighborhoods in some parts of the U.S. There is also a correlation to these being poor neighborhoods, which may also be a factor. There really aren't that many "black neighborhoods" that aren't also poor neighborhoods. And this has a lot to do with the concept of "white flight" that led to the deterioration of the inner cities and the subsequent focusing of black population in poorer neighborhoods.

But that's a different, albeit somewhat related, topic that would take a whole lot more delving into than I think can be done with kneeling. It's also a whole lot more subjective and 'grey' for lack of a better term.

Whereas the police violence is a much easier to witness phenomenon that has statistical backing.