(July 3, 2020 at 5:12 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(July 3, 2020 at 4:36 pm)Editz Wrote: Well worth a watch. Zuby says that in USA 70% of police killings are of whites and 25% are of blacks, but I recall that blacks make up abt 40% of prison inmates, so wouldn't that suggest that, proportionally, white criminals/arestables are more likely to be killed by police than blacks? Maths really ain't my strong point so feel free to correct...
Happy to help. Here’s the way to look at the numbers.
Black people killed by police in the US per million population: 42
White people killed by police in the US per million population: 14
Conclusion: you are three times more likely to be killed by a cop if you’re black than if you’re white.
Rates of arrest/incarceration don’t seem to be a relevant factor.
Boru
Are you more likely to drown in the ocean or in the desert?
Many people conclude that because more black people are killed by police (proportionate to population) as an indication of systemic racism by police.
It is of course only one possibility.
