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joeglow3

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56. Is that graphic made up?

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 02:55 PM

Dec 2014

I ask this honestly. I agree with the sentiment, but I have a hard time believing 28,465 blacks between the ages of 15-19 are being shot by police every day for 3 years straight.

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White People More Confident Than Ever That Police Treat Black People Fairly [View all] Cali_Democrat Dec 2014 OP

big kick and rec! nt steve2470 Dec 2014 #1

Thanks! Cali_Democrat Dec 2014 #3

How is this even possible? etherealtruth Dec 2014 #2

Yup. White people see this as blacks complaining about NOTHING. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #35

The flood of denial here might just beat hifiguy Dec 2014 #4

Clich� quote: Quasimodem Dec 2014 #28

This is completely unsurprising ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #5

Yup Cali_Democrat Dec 2014 #7

Blindness. xfundy Dec 2014 #6

when even sites like this with people trying to out liberal each other JI7 Dec 2014 #8

The police and the corporate media work hand in hand. 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #9

"police officers in THEIR community treat blacks and whites equally" could be the problem because, uppityperson Dec 2014 #10

Same as people hating Congress but voting for the incumbent starroute Dec 2014 #16

Some of them Jamaal510 Dec 2014 #11

9 out of 10 blacks say cops don't treat blacks fairly, you can't get 9 out of 10 people ... uponit7771 Dec 2014 #12

willful ignorance. n/t gollygee Dec 2014 #13

I was sure this had to be a headline from The Onion. When even KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #14

That was exactly my reaction! RufusTFirefly Dec 2014 #34

My money was on the "Borowitz Report", but I think we're thinking bullwinkle428 Dec 2014 #47

Talk about none so blind... malthaussen Dec 2014 #15

Those white people look at the above stat of shootings by race and see their fear of young Dustlawyer Dec 2014 #17

Being able to confidently hold this kind of uninformed opinion is another perk of white privilege. marble falls Dec 2014 #18

That's pretty amazing...and scary... joeybee12 Dec 2014 #19

The for profit prison system... TeeYiYi Dec 2014 #20

Totally disgusting, but... ybbor Dec 2014 #21

What The Ever-Lovin' Eff? Arugula Latte Dec 2014 #22

I believe this is called "doublethink" Dopers_Greed Dec 2014 #23

That honestly smells like RW agitprop to me. AverageJoe90 Dec 2014 #24

Good for you! n/t marym625 Dec 2014 #50

Take it away, Doobies! Derek V Dec 2014 #25

Deliberate Blindness to What You Don't Want to Be True daredtowork Dec 2014 #26

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author winterwar Dec 2014 #29

Not this white person AnnieBW Dec 2014 #30

Not this white person. Brigid Dec 2014 #31

Delusions arise in the face of inconvenient truths. polichick Dec 2014 #32

Well, white americans are delusional about... americannightmare Dec 2014 #33

And, which "white people" did they ask? the "I am Darren Willson and Daniel Panteleo" crowd? Cha Dec 2014 #36

That picture that is posted santroy79 Dec 2014 #37

They treat folks quite equally here. Glassunion Dec 2014 #38

I know people will hate this santroy79 Dec 2014 #39

you got links for all this ? steve2470 Dec 2014 #40

Nice, ahem, rally-the-troops post in that other thread. NaturalHigh Dec 2014 #49

Amazing how that works.... Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2014 #42

+1000000000000000000 nt steve2470 Dec 2014 #43

did you read the stats? santroy79 Dec 2014 #52

I notice you switched from 'race' as the basis to 'poverty'. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2014 #55

People will "hate" it because it's from that Woo "American Free Press" site. MADem Dec 2014 #44

So let's say all that's correct - it may mean they were policed more, and that raises a real jtuck004 Dec 2014 #45

Why would people hate this? JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #48

Of Course. NOLALady Dec 2014 #51

that statement makes no sense santroy79 Dec 2014 #53

Your chances of getting shot or arrested NOLALady Dec 2014 #57

They lie! They know it isn't true but are more confident in lying about it since the lies prevail kelliekat44 Dec 2014 #41

Talking to folks around here in a very conservative area FLPanhandle Dec 2014 #46

A shame. sofa king Dec 2014 #54

Is that graphic made up? joeglow3 Dec 2014 #56