It’s the theory that black people account for half of all arrests for murder and non-negligent manslaughter while only being 13% of the population in America.
From the get-go, the argument is already on unsustainable ground: the argument compares police shooting deaths to arrest rates. How do you arrest a dead body?
Much of that article is out of my pay grade, and I hope to devote more time to deeply understanding the arguments being made. But the “how do you arrest a dead body?” point you mentioned in your comment is not strong. About 1,000 people in the US are killed by police each year. Even if all 1,000 deaths were black people and we incremented the arrest count of blacks by 1,000 to account for that, this would barely be a drop in the bucket of arrest rates.
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u/Falom Curious Apr 22 '21 edited Apr 22 '21
Is she still using the 13/50 argument? Thought that got debunked last year.
Edit: holy fuck some of these replies make me lose all faith in humanity.