These are not "BLM protests", these are anti-police-misconduct protests.

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[–]FormosaOolong 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I totally agree with this. They love the divides, especially the racial divide. Police misconduct is a symptom of a much greater disease, yet it urgently needs addressing, perhaps moreso right now than the pathology behind it.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Exactly. As an American we're 50x more likely to be killed by police, and if you're black put another 2.5x on top of that. Yet the conversation is all about the 2.5x, which definitely does suck no question there, but what about the 50x?! And the 50x is so much more solvable too because it affects everyone, so there's no "natural" divide and conquer, but that's the exact reason things are so constantly portrayed only in racial terms by the media.

[–]Chipit 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Blacks are far, far more likely to be killed by their own people than by any police officer. See http://heyjackass.com/ for what it looks like in a major US city. The only number on that whole page that's in single digits? That's what they identify as the problem?

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Why compare the rate for an entire populace with the rate of a selected group who is hired to protect people? They kill 500+ white people too every year you know... so it's not like this police misconduct problem doesn't affect white people as well.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well, human misconduct also affects one hundred percent of the population. The cops have to do the hard work and barely get credit when nothing goes wrong.