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EarlG

(21,947 posts)
Fri May 7, 2021, 01:13 PM May 2021

Pic Of The Moment: But Systemic Racism Doesn't Exist, Right?



New data shows Mpls police search Black drivers at 29 times the rate of whites after minor stops


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Aussie105

(5,397 posts)
4. Easy fix!
Fri May 7, 2021, 06:40 PM
May 2021

More POC in patrol cars, doing the same to non-POC drivers?

Sorry, silly idea. Police in the USA are a 'specially' selected group.

I guess if you hate POC, and want a legitimate route to express that, you join the police and gang up with a like minded group?

. . . but I can't talk. Australia has a bad record of treating it's indigenous peoples badly, in terms of life expectancy, health care, incarceration rate, and deaths in custody.

Sometimes I'm disgusted by my fellow white people.


Maraya1969

(22,480 posts)
6. Me too. These people think they are superior because of the color of their skin
Fri May 7, 2021, 09:20 PM
May 2021

but they are acting so immature and so hateful. I am embarrassed to be a white person sometimes.

IronLionZion

(45,442 posts)
7. One of the officers kneeling on George Floyd is black
Sat May 8, 2021, 09:14 AM
May 2021

there was also an Asian fellow involved.

More POC in police forces is probably good I think, but many black people have claimed that black officers have been just as bad or worse to them.

mysteryowl

(7,390 posts)
5. The graphic really gives perspective. This is messed up!!!
Fri May 7, 2021, 06:51 PM
May 2021

I wonder how this compares to other big cities?

IronLionZion

(45,442 posts)
8. So disappointing for a such a liberal city
Sat May 8, 2021, 09:16 AM
May 2021

They definitely need some reforms in their policing. One step could be to hire more community residents as police. One of the problems was that the police officers live in far away suburbs.

DTRV

(56 posts)
9. I wonder how Ben Shapiro would Explain this Away!
Sat May 8, 2021, 03:43 PM
May 2021

Ben Shapiro already has this stats and is finding another theory other than racism why this is true!!! I bet he has a copy of this from his Daily Wire office assistants.

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