(July 10, 2016 at 5:31 pm)paulpablo Wrote:(July 10, 2016 at 3:46 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: First off, if the percentage of blacks who are killed is the same as the percentage of whites who are killed, that's still a very disproportionate number of black people. Black people are only what, 10-15% of America? For there to be absolutely no racial bias in these killings, only 10-15% of police brutality victims should be black. It's far more than 15% going on the frequency of which we hear about it compared to whites being killed.
Also "black-on-black crime" is not a thing. When a black person kills another black person, it's wrong of course, but they're not killing eachother because they're black. Most murders are intraracial (within the same race) because of the generally segregated nature of American neighbourhoods. Most white murder victims are murdered by other white people, is that "white-on-white crime"? Nobody ever calls it that unless it's black people involved.
ETA pretty much what the guy in that video BQ posted earlier was saying, just saw that.
Black on black crime is a thing because it's very notable. Black people are being killed at a higher rate than any other racial group in America relative to the size of their population. Black people are the ones doing the majority of the murdering.
And just as I said in my previous post, people will call the police racist if they do solve the crime and catch the black people doing it and they will be called racist if they don't solve the crime and don't capture the black people doing it.
Was going to post a bit about the ridiculous premise of black on black crime, but Yeaxleux beat me to the punch. Figured you'd still run with it though, and you did NOT disappoint.
At any rate, crime committed by the general populace as a result of interpersonal relationships, affiliations, happenstance and sheer dumb luck, or whatever has nothing to do with the issue of brutality/murder leveled by those tasked with upholding the law, and operating under the authority of the government.
These are entirely different matters. How can you not understand how ludicrous it sounds when you keep parroting the black on black mantra? You're presented with the prospect of the government sanctioning, or at least turning a blind eye to violence perpetrated by agents acting on their behalf, and your best and immediate response is:
"Yeah...But, remember that time Tyrone shot Pookie?"
Give me a fucking break.
That makes sense to you? Really?