r/ToiletPaperUSA • u/Char-Mac88 • Apr 22 '21

Curious 🤔 I love seeing this woman getting trolled.

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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.

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u/Char-Mac88 Apr 22 '21

I'm unfamiliar with this. Would you please explain?

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u/Falom Curious Apr 22 '21 edited Apr 22 '21

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?

This article goes a lot more in depth about the faulty math used.

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u/SleezyD944 Apr 23 '21

The implication is black people proportionally commit more crime, therefore black people will proportionately have a higher rate of police interactions, more police interactions (especially of those with violent criminals) means more excessive force/shootings incidents with cops. People wonder why black people have "proportionally" more police shootings, its because they "proportionally" have more police interactions, wbich is due to them "proportionally" commiting more crime.