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by AnthonyMouse 2009 days ago
> but holy hell Black men do get killed when arrested disproportionately in the U.S..

This is selection bias. The ratio of police shootings to arrests is not higher for black people. Police shootings of black persons are national news, police shootings of white persons are not.
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ineedasername 2009 days ago
The ratio of police shootings to arrests is not higher for black people

Assuming that's true, all it says is that, once you're getting arrested, you're about even on the probability of being shot. What it doesn't address is the increased probability of Black me to be arrested to begin with.

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AnthonyMouse 2009 days ago
> Assuming that's true, all it says is that, once you're getting arrested, you're about even on the probability of being shot.

Which is the thing the other poster had the false impression was not the case.

> What it doesn't address is the increased probability of Black me to be arrested to begin with.

But now you're talking about a totally different issue. And if black men commit more violent crimes as a result of historical and other factors, what do you propose that the police do about that?

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