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In reply to the discussion: How shooting an Unarmed 13yr old Boy became legal [View all]Orrex
(67,126 posts)28. You are being intellectually dishonest
33% of ALL police shootings involve UNARMED Citizens
Um, no. The article states that 33% of 189 shootings involved unarmed citizens, and those 189 shootings were by law enforcement agencies local to the Houston area. To assert a universal trend based on such a tiny sample is intellectually dishonest.
Further, it is sloppy and lazy to post a link to a six page article without citing a relevant passage. You are, in effect, outsourcing your research responsibilities to anyone unfortunate enough to read your post, and this is at least the third time that I've seen you try this trick in the past 24 hours.
If you have statistics from somewhere within that article that support your claim that "33% of ALL police shootings involved UNARMED Citizens," then it is up to you to provide it. It's not the reader's responsibility to make up for your half-assed argument.
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The Patriot Act is a great boogeyman, but the realy culprit is the Drug War
beerandjesus
Nov 2013
#3
Not in the least. From the perspective of those that benefit, it is a huge success.
Ikonoklast
Nov 2013
#59
Perceived threat is not shoot first and ask questions later, despite what he may think,
Ranchemp.
Nov 2013
#46
He's a liar if he's saying that police policy is to shoot first and ask questions later.
Ranchemp.
Nov 2013
#43