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Re:Bayesian Analysis of Racial Bias in Police Shootings in t... by pc86 on Friday July 08, 2016 @03:21PM (#12057994)
You can be arrested for resisting arrest, without being charged with any other crime. If the entire crux of this debate is a systemic racial bias on the part of law enforcement, it stands to reason that you shouldn't use statistics from law enforcement to argue against law enforcement's bias, doesn't it?
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Re:Bayesian Analysis of Racial Bias in Police Shootings in t... by weberc2 on Sunday July 10, 2016 @03:17AM (#12064835)
The report explains why the law enforcement statistics are trustworthy, and specifically why arrest rates (especially for violent crimes) are likely to be particularly accurate. The report itself is very thorough.
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Re:Bayesian Analysis of Racial Bias in Police Shootings in t... by josephd on Sunday July 10, 2016 @03:31AM (#12064864)
The statistics quoted above do not relate to this particular case. Overgeneralizing much?
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Re:Bayesian Analysis of Racial Bias in Police Shootings in t... by weberc2 on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @05:31PM (#12089812)
I wasn't overgeneralizing anything. I was responding to "you shouldn't use statistics from law enforcement..."
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