It doesn't matter what size a population is,
Actually it does matter. Because when something affects one group of people disproportionately more than it affects another group, that speaks to the heart of the problem.
This is the fundamental concept of ratios. A goalie who gives up 150 goals over 70 games is better than a goalie who gives up 100 goals in 25 games. If a goalie gives up goals at a far higher rate, there are likely reasons for that. If a group of people gets shot at a far higher rate than another group, there are likely reasons for that.
point is it isn't just black people getting shot
Yes. There are. Which is part of why I support police reform and better training and less aggressive trigger-happy cops who jump to pulling out their guns far sooner than they should. As an American, I want police shooting of American civilians to be an extremely rare absolute last resort option after all other avenues have been exhausted. And if a cop violates his training and best police practices and his actions result in the unnecessary death of another civilian, there should be consequences. And if there is a bad apple who behaves recklessly or incompetently, then the other officers in that police department itself should take that officer to task.....not lying and covering up for him.
Kaepernick's desire and advocacy to see fewer unnecessary deaths at the hands of reckless cops who make poor decisions should be something every American gets behind. I wonder why you are so vehemently opposed to that?
Not really...And the Black Lives Matters people sure aren't marching for any of the white people shot,
Actually, they are. If BLM gets their way and police officers get better training and make better decisions in the field, all people benefit.
And the Black Lives Matters people sure aren't marching for any of the white people shot.....
keep being manipulated, keep believing there is some race war going on like it is the 1950's again...
it is all BULL****...people are not racist, not the majority of this country, not anywhere near it....
There are individuals who are racist on ALL sides of color....
Sooo, there is no race war.....but BLM doesn't care about white people.....but people are not racist.....but there are racists on all sides.
Gotcha?
Not saying life is perfect and there aren't problems, but most of this is smoke and mirrors for the real tragedies going on in this country which aren't being discussed and pushed aside..
Perhaps some members of our society feel that racial discrimination in society at large, and particularly within law enforcement, is a problem that they would also like to address.
Any time **** hits the fan you will see how the vast majority of people treat each other and proves time and time again that people need to stop believing in this false narrative of an epidemic of racism.
What did the Justice Department's investigation into the Ferguson Police Department find?
>>In
a searing report released in March 2015, the US Department of Justice uncovered a pattern of racial bias in the Ferguson Police Department. And it argued that the disparities could only be explained, at least in part, by unlawful bias and stereotypes against African Americans.<<
The systemic racism in Baltimore’s police force
>>IN THE
Justice Department’s damning, astonishing report on the ingrained, systemic racism in Baltimore’s police department, one tidbit captures the larger picture.
It describesan email by a city police supervisor containing a template for officers making trespassing arrests, with blanks to be filled in for date, location, suspect’s name and address — yet, oddly, no prompt for race or gender. Instead, the words “black male” were automatically included. That must have been a convenience for Baltimore patrol officers, who, as the report details, have routinely used minor charges to harass, detain and arrest African Americans for the offenses of walking down the sidewalk, gathering on a corner and speaking to police the wrong way.<<
Go for the individual and not the skin color.
That's what BLM is asking for.
If police, and perhaps even society at large, would simply agree to that, we could indeed all get back to football.
But until then, it's a little hard to just enjoy the game.