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This is a normal post So they kill more whites then?

(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Tue 28 Jul 2015, 9:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post Go on then, I'll bite
Yes, yes they do kill more white people. No-one disagrees with that. However, assuming the above figures are true:

total number of white people / total number of black people = 5.2
number of white people killed by police / number of black people killed by police = 1.8

You are roughly 5.2/1.8 = 2.9 times more likely to be killed by a US police officer if you are black than if you are white.
 (I helped save b3ta! Hol[]y - WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, Tue 28 Jul 2015, 9:34, , Reply)
This is a normal post Haha thanks.
Yes you are more LIKELY but the numbers clearly state more white people have ACTUALLY been killed.
 (I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Tue 28 Jul 2015, 9:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post Which isn't in question, and isn't pertinent
More black people are ACTUALLY killed as a proportion of population than white people, which so clearly illustrates why there is a problem that I'm unsure of why you can't see it.
If there were just ten black people in the US, and three black people were killed by police, would the relatively low number of black people killed be a valid refutation of the idea that black people were disproportionately killed? Of course not.
 (clinteastwoodbradfield, Tue 28 Jul 2015, 12:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post You do realise that you're just reiterating the two previous posters' points, dear?

(I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Tue 28 Jul 2015, 12:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post But more white people are ACTUALLY killed.
If 100 people are killed, according to the stats:

48 are white
26 are black
15 are Hispanic

More white people are ACTUALLY killed.
 (I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Tue 28 Jul 2015, 13:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post Sorry, but who is disputing that?
What some people are upset about is that blacks are disproportionately killed/harrassed/incarcerated based on demographics and criminality.
 (I helped save b3ta! wakeupandsmellthebacon, Tue 28 Jul 2015, 17:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post No, the numbers state more whites have been killed.
Demographics are irrelevant here as we are just looking at the actual kill figures
 (I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Tue 28 Jul 2015, 18:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post Jesus Christ
This is like the scene from Jam with hiring idiots to win arguments
 (clinteastwoodbradfield, Tue 28 Jul 2015, 18:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post So who hired you then?

(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Tue 28 Jul 2015, 18:36, , Reply)
This is a normal post musta been some black guy
cant trust them
 (Roxon, Tue 28 Jul 2015, 22:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post it actually looks more like the bodybuilding/'how many days in a week' argument

(I helped save b3ta! the prick of misery pierced my foot on a spiiiike on, Wed 29 Jul 2015, 1:28, , Reply)