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White Anti-Mask Driver Flees, Hits Cop 'Hanging' From Truck w/Hammer in Minnesota, And Isn't Shot (Original Post) egbertowillies Apr 2021 OP
According to this article from quite a few years ago MisterNiceKitty Apr 2021 #1
Interesting information. Thanks. efhmc Apr 2021 #2
You're welcome MisterNiceKitty Apr 2021 #8
I can't get too worked up about cops NOT killing a suspect. Midnight Writer Apr 2021 #3
This can't be talked about enough. infullview Apr 2021 #4
and... llashram Apr 2021 #5
61 Year-Old White Man Fleeing Police ItsjustMe Apr 2021 #6
Here's a Lake Travis, TX Anti-Masker, Christian Woman of God (blah, blah, blah) TheBlackAdder Apr 2021 #7

MisterNiceKitty

(422 posts)
1. According to this article from quite a few years ago
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 12:47 PM
Apr 2021

95% of NYPD officers have never fired their weapon

https://www.deseret.com/2000/2/21/19492101/most-police-never-shoot-study-finds-br-in-n-y-chief-says-well-over-95-never-fire-weapons

From the article:

"Well over 95 percent never shoot their weapons here," said New York City Police Commissioner Howard Safir.

With 41,000 officers on the nation's largest police force, there were 155 incidents last year when New York police fired their weapons. Forty-two "offenders" -- people pursued for questioning or arrest -- were shot by police in 1999, according to department firearms discharge statistics. Officers also shot three bystanders; none fatally.

According to Pew Research (2017):

"In fact, only about a quarter (27%) of all officers say they have ever fired their service weapon while on the job, according to a separate Pew Research Center survey conducted by the National Police Research Platform."

A paper published in PNAS that was later retracted found:

"We find no evidence of anti-Black or anti-Hispanic disparities across shootings, and White officers are not more likely to shoot minority civilians than non-White officers. Instead, race-specific crime strongly predicts civilian race. This suggests that increasing diversity among officers by itself is unlikely to reduce racial disparity in police shootings."

PNAS offered a detailed statement on the retraction, which is a story in and of itself:

https://retractionwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/PNAS_STATEMENT.pdf

Retraction Watch has some additional information on the issues here:

https://retractionwatch.com/2020/07/06/authors-of-study-on-race-and-police-killings-ask-for-its-retraction-citing-continued-misuse-in-the-media/




infullview

(978 posts)
4. This can't be talked about enough.
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 03:25 PM
Apr 2021

Egberto is absolutely right to stress the facts that point out systemic racial bias. A lot of these cops probably don't even realize that they act differently toward a black driver than they do a white driver. That's why we have to continue to talk about, and report on this issue until the day it is no longer relevant.

TheBlackAdder

(28,073 posts)
7. Here's a Lake Travis, TX Anti-Masker, Christian Woman of God (blah, blah, blah)
Sun Apr 18, 2021, 10:32 PM
Apr 2021

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Happening in Texas April 13, 2021. Anti-masker LTISD board candidate #superspreader #covid19 #mask #covid19vaccine #covidnews #lakewaytx #LTISD

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeHtpHjB/

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