Joe speaks out

[Mike M (the other one)]

(05-29-2020, 06:25 PM)Chezaugie Wrote: Your logic is warped. Based on your statistics deaths by cops are broken down as:


White 48.50%
Black 30.80%
Hispanic 20.70%

Meanwhile, the U.S population is broken down as:

White 60.40%
Black 12.10%
Hispanic 16.70%

It is the disproportionate number of blacks killed by police that is outrageous. The ratio of blacks killed by cops is 30 deaths per million while the ratio of whites killed by cops is 12 deaths per million.

Thank you Joe, and many others, for recognizing this is unacceptable in our society and the media should continue to put the spotlight on this issue.

You can't break this down by race. 

It's true there is some racism involved, just like there is some bad cops. 

What it all boils down to is poverty.

Those in poverty have less to lose than those of middle class and up. 

Poverty %'s
8.1 % white non-hispanic
20.8% Black
17.6% Hispanic 

White gets a higher % in the crimes because they out number the other races involved, but bottom line is poverty. 

So while it's commendable to speak out against racism, people like Joe aren't really addressing the issue correctly.