Young black men killed by US police at a rate 5 times of white males

[Tennis]

Young black men were nine times more likely than other Americans to be killed by police officers in 2015, according to the findings of a Guardian study that recorded a final tally of 1,134 deaths at the hands of law enforcement officers this year.
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Despite making up only 2% of the total US population, African American males between the ages of 15 and 34 comprised more than 15% of all deaths logged this year by an ongoing investigation into the use of deadly force by police. Their rate of police-involved deaths was five times higher than for white men of the same age.

Paired with official government mortality data, this new finding indicates that about one in every 65 deaths of a young African American man in the US is a killing by police.

“This epidemic is disproportionately affecting black people,” said Brittany Packnett, an activist and member of the White House taskforce on policing. “We are wasting so many promising young lives by continuing to allow this to happen.”

Speaking in the same week that a police officer in Cleveland, Ohio, was cleared by a grand jury over the fatal shooting of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old African American boy who was carrying a toy gun, Packnett said the criminal justice system was presenting “no deterrent” to the excessive use of deadly force by police. “Tamir didn’t even live to be 15,” she said.

Protests accusing law enforcement officers of being too quick to use lethal force against unarmed African Americans have spread across the country in the 16 months since dramatic unrest gripped Ferguson, Missouri, following the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a white officer.

Overall in 2015, black people were killed at twice the rate of white, Hispanic and native Americans. About 25% of the African Americans killed were unarmed, compared with 17% of white people. This disparity has narrowed since the database was first published on 1 June, at which point black people killed were found to be twice as likely to not have a weapon.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...oung-black-men

This is really out of hand. We need the entire society in the U.S. to stand up against this. Even though slavery was abolished, the U.S. has a long long way to go.

[Zeek Daniels]

I got a better idea. How about people stop being stupid, on both sides of the law.

[Deleted]

And how many times more do young black men commit crimes/have encounters with the police which could lead to use of lethal force?

[Justpassing]

Knew this would be a Tennisace thread before opening.

[Tennis]

I got a better idea. How about people stop being stupid, on both sides of the law.

The problem is that police are gunning down black men at a far higher rate than whites. In the U.S. how many blacks have been pulled over for DWB?

[Skroe]

You need a new hobby.

[Blur4stuff]

exclude areas with heavy gang activity and the difference vanishes

[Tennis]

You need a new hobby.

I shouldn't play tennis then?

[Deleted]

The fact that the problem is so big ONLY in the black community speaks volumes about the black community in the US.

Clearly the article says that other minorities - like hispanics and Natives - dont suffer from this problem as much as blacks do. Which then means one thing - this is not a sign of racism.

[PC2]

Correlation does not equal causation. The overwhelming biggest factor is economics, not because of skin color or being male.

Also, no the problem isn't getting "out of hand". [US] Violence and Manufactured Outrage

[Damajin]

You need a new hobby.

That's awesome, might wallpaper that when I get home from work.

[Medusa Cascade]

Tennisace's avatar changed to breadisfunny's avatar shortly before breadisfunny changed their avatar. How curious.

[Tennis]

Correlation does not equal causation. The overwhelming biggest factor is economics, not because of skin color or being male.

Also, no the problem isn't getting "out of hand". [US] Violence and Manufactured Outrage

Uh yes it is an issue. How many stories do we see about black males being basically executed by U.S. police? It's as if they're just assumed to be guilty.

[Narveid]

The problem is that police are gunning down black men at a far higher rate than whites. In the U.S. how many blacks have been pulled over for DWB?

You are kidding, right? There is 1134 killed by police, in total. 577 of those are white, and 300 black. Going by the source you are linking to. At least try to check it before starting a thread.

[Deleted]

I shouldn't play tennis then?

Can you do this?

If not stop playing.

But seriously they have higher crimerates too....
to just quote the rate without context is quite dishonest.

You can't just attribute it to race.

[bmjclark]

The fact that the problem is so big ONLY in the black community speaks volumes about the black community in the US.

Clearly the article says that other minorities - like hispanics and Natives - dont suffer from this problem as much as blacks do. Which then means one thing - this is not a sign of racism.

People can't be racist against black people but not other minorities? :P

[Trassk]

Knew this would be a Tennisace thread before opening.

yep, shes on a bit of a tangent right now, she's becoming worse then Genn, at least he did it in moderation.

[ParanoiD84]

Gee I wonder why.

[Tennis]

Gee I wonder why.

After effects of slavery.
Racist cops.
Unjust system.

[Deleted]

After effects of slavery.
Racist cops.
Unjust system.

Thug culture.
Lower IQ.
Natural selection.


[Infracted]