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The Polack MSgt

(13,186 posts)
Wed May 11, 2016, 02:38 PM May 2016

Earthbound Misfit posted this today

And I felt compelled to share here:

"71% of the cops killed so far this year have been killed by white dudes.

White people comprise 63.7% of the population. Divide that by two and you have 31.85% (OK, really 31.3%, since men comprise 49.2% of the population.)

So white men are killing cops at better than twice their percentage of the population.

Listen for the outrage about that and all you'll hear are crickets chirping away."

Here is the link for Mr. Shaun King's article:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-cops-killed-white-men-conservatives-silent-article-1.2632965

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Earthbound Misfit posted this today (Original Post) The Polack MSgt May 2016 OP
This is an amazing article. Thanks so much, Polack. Number23 May 2016 #1
Great article! JustAnotherGen May 2016 #2
Truth being told again! JustAnotherGen May 2016 #3
When any conservative talks about "life" mattering The Polack MSgt May 2016 #4

JustAnotherGen

(31,810 posts)
3. Truth being told again!
Sun May 15, 2016, 05:57 AM
May 2016

You best believe that if a 59% rise in the number of police officers shot and killed in the line of duty could be blamed on immigrants, Mexicans, or black folk, it would be a regular conservative talking point.

Instead, Donald Trump has never mentioned these fallen officers on the campaign trail because it may have very well been his supporters who did the shooting for all he knows.


It appears that blue lives only matter to popular conservatives when they are taken by somebody they can easily demonize
. In the meantime, police groups continue to protest a black woman when a black woman hasn't killed an officer in years.

The Polack MSgt

(13,186 posts)
4. When any conservative talks about "life" mattering
Sun May 15, 2016, 04:34 PM
May 2016

Whether it be cops, fetii or "ALL LIVES" they are only talking about how those lives matter to further their agenda.

There is no intrinsic value to life in their eyes

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