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Originally Posted by OldDog
It may be flawed and incomplete, but what other database is there?
I'm still searching for the one which establishes the very real and terrible pattern of police killings of African-American men, the one that shows that blacks are being killed in numbers disproportionate to criminality statistics.
As for the second stat, about young blacks being killed disproportionately as compared to young whites, it's interesting to note the similarity to the statistics of young blacks being killed by anyone as compared to young whites. Have a look at these from the CDC:
Leading causes of death by age group - White Males 2010 (most recent data)
http://www.cdc.gov/men/lcod/2010/LCOD_WHITEmen2010.pdf
Ages 15-24, homicide is the third highest cause at 8-10%.
Contrast that to Black Males
http://www.cdc.gov/men/lcod/2010/LCODBlackmales2010.pdf
where homicide is the leading cause at 50%.
Is there a correlation between young blacks being killed by police and young blacks being killed by anybody? Could be. |
a flawed study isn't better than no study. that's the point, like i put in the last post, there is no requirement that anyone give out any info. no one is tracking it.
apparently because no one cares enough to track it.
so no one can prove or disprove anything at this point. it seems the best thing to do would be for everyone to track this, and for everyone to also make sure their police aren't just trained, they must follow up on that training.
the only training subsequent to the academy my father ever went thru was when they'd send you to the range once a year to make sure you could still shoot fairly accurately.
many occupations require follow up training, continuing education, etc. surely the police should be one of the groups who does so?