Lawmakers begin bipartisan push to cut off police access to military-style gear

Re:Lawmakers begin bipartisan push to cut off police access ... by cgriswald on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @01:37AM (#23400179)

Homicide is the leading cause of death among non-Hispanic black males under 44 (taken in total, it’s not) [0]. In the same year as the CDC statistics above, 223 black men were killed by police [1].

It’s tragic, but many orders of magnitude away from your claim.

It’s not the quantity that makes it horrible, tragic, and infuriating. It is all those things because it’s evidence of a larger systemic issue which includes lots of other awful things that fall short of homocide; and it’s largely unnecessary.

[0] https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/lcod/men/2017/nonhispanic-b...

[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-de...

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Re:Lawmakers begin bipartisan push to cut off police access ... by mulmen on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @02:47AM (#23400643)

Thanks, I misread the source and didn't think about it.

You're right the quantity isn't specifically important but it does illustrate that there is a problem. Even if it is not the #1 cause of death it is disproportionately higher.

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