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Related: About this forumWhite Anti-Mask Driver Flees, Hits Cop 'Hanging' From Truck w/Hammer in Minnesota, And Isn't Shot
If there is any doubt that police will go out of the way not to shoot a violent white man yet is trigger happy with POCs, this is.
https://egbertowillies.com/2021/04/15/white-anti-mask-driver-flees-hits-cop-hanging-from-truck-w-hammer-in-minnesota-and-isnt-shot/
MisterNiceKitty
(422 posts)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/
efhmc
(14,709 posts)MisterNiceKitty
(422 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,547 posts)infullview
(978 posts)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.
llashram
(6,265 posts)ItsjustMe
(11,166 posts)TheBlackAdder
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Happening in Texas April 13, 2021. Anti-masker LTISD board candidate #superspreader #covid19 #mask #covid19vaccine #covidnews #lakewaytx #LTISD
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