If you are American, you are 50x more likely to be killed by police than a European. If you are black, put another 2.5x on top of that.

submitted by magnora7 from (self.PoliceMisconduct)

A lot of talk is had about the 2.5x, which is definitely important, but what about the larger 50x danger that we all collectively face as Americans?

In the US police kill around 1100 people a year. 52% of people killed by police are white: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6080222/

The idea white people are immune from police violence is provably false.

White people cannot get lazy and think this is someone else's problem, that this only affects black people. And black people should not think this is a problem only black people uniquely suffer from, and that white people are somehow immune from being killed by police.

This misunderstanding is the basis of most racial divides being pushed by the media, regarding this issue.

We're all in this together. The media is trying to stir up racial divides to keep us from unifying to make actual change. Don't fall for it. This is an American problem, and we as Americans can solve it together.

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[–]Canbot 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I think racial divides are driven by the media. People don't go looking into statistics and decide there is evidence for racism. They are told there is racism by a media bent on dividing us, and then the media throws out some out of context or manipulated statistic to "prove" it. I think simplifying it as the "media" is wrong too, but there is no good way to describe it. The media is the propaganda arm of the elite who are never challenged by the masses because of these racial divides. They set the curriculum in schools to teach us from day one to be divided. Everything is geared towards creating a white vs POC dynamic because white people make up roughly 50% of the population.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Agreed.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Racial controversies provide audiences, or serve other political purposes... so what did you expect?

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's not what to expect - it's what to do about it. M7 is speaking truth bombs against lies of power.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I love these posts magnora7! Keep em coming.