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Novara

(6,115 posts) Fri May 27, 2022, 10:03 AM May 2022

Does anybody know what percentage of Uvalde's police force is white? [View all]

I am wondering if most of the cops are white.

I am also wondering if the kids inside that school were mostly white, would they have gone in and DONE THEIR FUCKING JOBS?

I am wondering how much racism plays into this, or even if it does.

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Does anybody know what percentage of Uvalde's police force is white? [View all] Novara May 2022 OP

Didn't Parkland also have a cop who didn't go in? Claustrum May 2022 #1

I've wondered... FeelingBlue May 2022 #2

The better question is about competence RainCaster May 2022 #3

I looked this up yesterday. 95% of Uvalde County is white, and 72% is Hispanic. Shell_Seas May 2022 #4

How many in police leadership positions are white? Emile May 2022 #5

The rot starts at the top Novara May 2022 #7

Exactly Emile May 2022 #8

I think police are rightly afraid of criminals with guns that can kill dozens of people in seconds. CrispyQ May 2022 #6