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Re:LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting c... by JoeAltmaier on Saturday December 30, 2017 @10:00AM (#16035497)
Its a very different world if you're not white and live in the American South. Easy to believe the best, when you are relatively safe.
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Re:LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting c... by jmaygarden on Saturday December 30, 2017 @11:01AM (#16035764)
Police violence is a universal problem. A Harvard study has shown that white people in the US are statistically more likely encounter lethal force from police than people of color [1].

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/13/why-a...

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Re:LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting c... by JoeAltmaier on Sunday December 31, 2017 @12:30AM (#16039495)
In Houston. In a small study.
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Re:LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting c... by jmaygarden on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @10:53AM (#16052520)
That is true. I didn't mean to imply that white people somehow have it worse than minorities. That is not evidently the case with general police harassment and mistreatment.

However, all races should be equally concerned with police executions. This isn't the land of Judge Dredd. We still have the 5th and 14th amendments.

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