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by pm90 2669 days ago
> Which study? "Race and Punishment" appears to be a report/pamphlet by a research/advocacy org.

Thats severely mischaracterizing a summary report with many references.

> The anecdote refers to a real event, and real media coverage.

Even if there was a Covington like incident every month, it doesn't prove anything. Isolated incidents should not be used to make judgements or infer reality. Instead, use criminal justice data aggregated from around the country, like the report cites.

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> Thats severely mischaracterizing a summary report with many references

Not at all. It's factually true. The burden of proof is to point to one of those references as convincing, otherwise you are just handing someone reference material and asking them to do the work.