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In reply to the discussion: Black lives matter! [View all]marym625
(17,997 posts)29. exactly what you are doing now
You are turning a "we stand here for you. We support you" into "so what if the statistics show that a black person being abused or killed by cops or in custody are astronomically greater than what happens to white people. White people deserve as much attention. Fuck Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, VanDerrit Myers, Akai Gurley, etc etc etc. "
A black man is killed by cops every 28 hours in this country.
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/1-black-man-killed-every-28-hours-police-or-vigilantes-america-perpetually-war-its
Mother Jones has a great article with the best statistics available. We find out:
black people were about four times as likely to die in custody or while being arrested than whites
Between 1968 and 2011, black people were between two to eight times more likely to die at the hands of law enforcement than whites. Annually, over those 40 years, a black person was on average 4.2 times as likely to get shot and killed by a cop than a white person.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/08/police-shootings-ferguson-race-data
You are part of the problem
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That is a hell of a sign (and pic). I'm white and I refuse to be silent
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#22
Precisely who? Or is your entire premise based merely on editorial and supposition...?
LanternWaste
Dec 2014
#55
Maybe next week or next month we can do All vs AfAm, can they have this just this once?
NoJusticeNoPeace
Dec 2014
#51