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With everyone having tunnel vision about just the Black Victims of police brutality, I think its important we highlight some of the non-black victims.
To be clear Blacks are disproportionately targeted and that does need to be part of the conversation. But this isnt a black issue, 75% of unarmed victims killed by police are white. This is an issue that effects us all of any race. Here are some of those victims, unarmed whites murdered by police.
Rhogena Nicholas - Killed by gunshot
Dennis Tuttle - Killed by gunshot
Jason Lewis - Killed by beating
Virgil Reynolds - Killed by gunshot
Regina Twist - Killed by taser in custody
Thomas Burns - Killed by gunshot
Dylan Papae - Killed by gunshot
Seth Victor - Killed by Taser
Francis Calonge - Killed by gunshot
And many thousands more
"Blacks are disproportionately targeted"
but
"75% of unarmed victims killed by police are white."
So which is it.
@shebang @freemo I thought he meant when compared with the black population. I think most people do...
But still yeah that doesn't make it a bigger problem than when it happens to white people...and if white people are getting killed more often by police, maybe it's more of a systemic issue than a racial issue.
But eh...nobody wants to talk about that...
@maxmustermann @shebang @freemo LOL who needs principles?
@maxmustermann @shebang @freemo Come on man we know all sides are no strangers to shallow or zero principles...
I know I tend to talk like a moderate sometimes lol but it's true!
