Black Lives Matter
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@DMX said in Black Lives Matter:
What about the stats you ask , ah another old time hit. But blacks are more violent , blacks commit more crime, black-on-black crime? Lets start of with black population 48million people? Enough to say that an attempt to smear the vast majority of that number with US murders and crime falls short in my opinion. And how about a higher percentage convicted than whites? I won't even get into the legal representations or overall legal system but just enough to say it would be much more informative to see the numbers broken down by socio-economic class as well as the actual numbers we are talking about with respect to population. Black-on-black crime? Not much different from white-on-white crime.
According to the FBI it must be terrifying to be black in DC which has a murder rate of 22.8 per 100,000 people.
From https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-2018/topic-pages/expanded-homicide
- Of the murder victims for whom race was known, 53.3 percent were Black or African American, 43.8 percent were White, and 2.8 percent were of other races. Race was unknown for 233 victims. (Based on Expanded Homicide Data Table 2.)
- More than 49 percent (49.2) of all murders for which the UCR Program received supplemental data were single victim/single offender situations. (See Expanded Homicide Data Table 4.)
- Of the offenders for whom gender was known, 87.7 percent were male. (Based on Expanded Homicide Data Table 3.)
- When the race of the offender was known, 54.9 percent were Black or African American, 42.4 percent were White, and 2.7 percent were of other races. The race was unknown for 4,821 offenders. (Based on Expanded Homicide Data Table 3.)
Add to that awful collection of statistics the underfunding and training for police officers, it's no wonder that in certain areas there's a perception that police are trigger happy.
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@MajorRage said in Black Lives Matter:
Trump is a shoe-in for re-election.
That depends what Youtube channel you are subscribed too. Guaranteed there are a lot of incredulous videos out there from the opposite end of the spectrum. Really depends on the echo chamber you live in which pretty much sums up the US right now. Polls still show Biden with a sizable lead but its the battleground states that count. Personally I think it will be close and we will not know the results for days/ weeks. Trump is already telling his base he can only lose through fraud so all I know is the next 4 years will not be pretty.
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@DMX Fair comment. I don't really subscribe to anything, just keep an eye out on what's going on and being said. I find it's impossible to make a real opinion on something without listening to both sides.
He's obviously not a shoe-in for re-election, my comment (which was meant indirectly) is that the more people carry on like this, then I think the higher chance he has of getting re-elected. I personally think that he will get in, because Biden will completely fall apart in the debates.
Could be wrong though, have been before. I thought Hillary was a shoe-in last time!
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@Rembrandt said in Black Lives Matter:
Mass mental illness. Just listen to them trying to justify preventing an elderly man trying to get gas for his truck.
You can't educate pork
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@MajorRage said in Black Lives Matter:
@DMX Fair comment. I don't really subscribe to anything, just keep an eye out on what's going on and being said. I find it's impossible to make a real opinion on something without listening to both sides.
He's obviously not a shoe-in for re-election, my comment (which was meant indirectly) is that the more people carry on like this, then I think the higher chance he has of getting re-elected. I personally think that he will get in, because Biden will completely fall apart in the debates.
Could be wrong though, have been before. I thought Hillary was a shoe-in last time!
Yes you are correct absolutely have to at least hear both sides but defo not happening now here, funny thing about US now is its possible to exist in a silo and be impervious to the views outside. You and me both thought Hilary was a shoe-in last time. Definitely people seem to be way more open about supporting Trump this time around so does that mean no surprises? TBH can't say I am sure about anything..
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@DMX said in Black Lives Matter:
@MajorRage said in Black Lives Matter:
Trump is a shoe-in for re-election.
That depends what Youtube channel you are subscribed too. Guaranteed there are a lot of incredulous videos out there from the opposite end of the spectrum. Really depends on the echo chamber you live in which pretty much sums up the US right now. Polls still show Biden with a sizable lead but its the battleground states that count. Personally I think it will be close and we will not know the results for days/ weeks. Trump is already telling his base he can only lose through fraud so all I know is the next 4 years will not be pretty.
Yeah, in a country as massive as the States even if it's only a small percentage of people doing something, you can find countless videos to back up your point and make it seem really widespread. So easy to spin it either way.
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@Frank said in Black Lives Matter:
And now the guy in the above YouTube is dead
The suspect was shot by law enforcement after drawing a gun on officers.
Death before detainment
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Trump directing the identifying and subsequent cutting of funding of any govt money spent teaching courses on "white privilege" and "critical race theory" among other things.
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@Rembrandt said in Black Lives Matter:
Absolutely knocks it out of the park with this one.
Comparisons between BLM and Mao's Red Guard
Brilliant
They're half way there filming the 'revolution' on Chinese made phones whilst wearing branded clothing made in Chinese factories.
Funny thing irony. The righteous are blind to it.
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@Frank said in Black Lives Matter:
Trump directing the identifying and subsequent cutting of funding of any govt money spent teaching courses on "white privilege" and "critical race theory" among other things.
Totally agree with Trump, cut the funding because it promotes crap.