09-29-2017, 12:47 PM
(09-29-2017, 12:36 PM)PDub80 Wrote: EXCELLENT observation...
Recent Department of Justice statistics show that blacks commit nearly 50%...... 50% of both murder & robbery crimes in the US. (SEE: PERCENT DISTRIBUTION TABLE), https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/tables/43tabledatadecoverviewpdf
Guess what % of the US population is black? Less than 15%. https://www.google.com/search?q=what+%25+of+us+population+is+black&rlz=1C1TIGY_enUS721US721&oq=what+%25+of+us+population+is+black&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.5675j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
^ So roughly 15% of the US population is committing 50% of seriously violent crimes and people look in the sky and wonder why they are more likely to skew the police shooting numbers? Perhaps because, as a whole, they are more likely to act with deadly violence in situations where police will be involved. NOT life in general, but SITUATIONS WHERE POLICE ARE INVOLVED.
THAT being said... Law enforcement absolutely must be held to a higher standard in terms of calm and cool. It's such a tough, stressful job, but they absolutely must not paint everyone with the same broad brush. Police officers are human. They make mistakes and they also do awesome things. But like the little boy in Cleveland, the guy in Beavercreek, OH, and many many others, there are better tactical ways of handling certain situations.
Ultimately, sadly, I don't believe this gets solved in our life time. WE as a nation and community need to stop with having individual cultures take priority over our own sense of unity. "Us" vs "Them" gives people something to worry about, but it doesn't get anyone anywhere in terms of progress. Black communities defend and excuse their own issues just like the police do. There are parallels to be drawn there to a degree. This is not a job for just black people to do or fix, however. We as a society need to all put down our swords, so to speak. Listen to each other compassionately, look in the mirror, and stop defending and excusing due to our own desires to not shoulder blame or be a victim of guilt by association.
That officer is white, so he represents me. Is NOT true. Nor is the mindset of "That person is black and he represents me". We are a society made up of individuals. Until we are individuals first and a color wayyyy down the list of things that make up who we are... We're all *****.
There will always be assholes in this world. ALWAYS. The more we, as a society, lend them and ear or give them a voice, the more it legitimizes their absurd mindset.
Sorry, but your statistics, like most, fail to recognize the systematic socio-economic disparities that go along with the numbers. Unfortunately this goes much deeper than just numbers on both sides. Segregation ended only 53 years ago, think about that.
This is a group of people that was completely stripped of any sense of culture and treated inferior even until today. When you're poor, regardless of color, you are automatically behind. Worse schools, worse health, money problems puts stress on the family dynamic. You grow up, and the cycle, unfortunately continues for most.
Being desperately poor leads to crime, which leads to violence. This has nothing to do with race per se, but because of the systems in place, and the history of this country, it falls disproportionately on the African American community.
If you've seen any of the videos that have been brought to the public's attention you can see for yourself that these cops are afraid going into the confrontation which automatically spells disaster. Cops are supposed to be level headed, rationale, and should be taught to de-escalate rather than escalate situations. I think this falls on a severe lack of training and things really need to be changed.
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