Message from @Ray Poreon
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The early 20s are a particularly dangerous time for young men, the researchers found. During the study period, police use of force accounted for 1.6% of all deaths of black men between the ages of 20 and 24. It was also responsible for 1.2% of deaths of Latino and Native American men. However, police violence accounted for just 0.5% of deaths of white and Asian American men in that age range.
“The United States is unique among wealthy democracies in terms of the number of people that are killed by its police forces,” Feldman said. “I think the No. 1 thing it comes down to is a lack of accountability by police departments, both legally and politically.”
**because the US has more crime you DUMB FUCKS**
Well, it has hotspots of high crime.
they're taking numbers from a tiny portion of the population,
which are 1 in 33k
portraying these, extremely likely justified uses of force, as "police killings of innocent black peepoh"
>TFW you're more likely to kill yourself than have the cops kill you
*Cant Even Trust Yourself meme*
taking this small number
massively inflating it to 1.6%
Notably, the suicide rate is about 6x higher, and they're not talking about that.
Or the high assault rate
and then saying that this 1.6% is the sixth leading cause of death,
which if it were.
this 3 in 100k
this would mean that the top cause of death,
ASSAULT
at 99
would be............
99/3=33
33x1.6
assault would account
for 52.8% OF DEATHS
of BLACK MEN
between 25-29
"buh buh buh muh police justified uses of force"
not suprised
the 1.6% only makes sense
if it is "black men who died between the ages of 25-29"
not "black men between the ages of 25-29"
AND IT IGNORES THE HIGHER RATES
of assault, overdose, suicide, car crashes
btw
im pretty sure they did 25-29 to get the highest rate as well