I've spent a total of 12 days in the US in my life, and I was pointed a gun by the police once. That's infinity percent more than in any other country I've lived visited or lived in, and I've traveled my fair share off the beaten path.
When they saw their mistake, they spouted the generic excuse that I matched a description, something that wouldn't fly in any other first world country, but is somehow accepted in the US.
Anyway, I'm white and I did nothing wrong, so I guess that officer just pointed that gun as joke with no intention to kill,[1] right?
US police kills citizens at a rate seen only in developing countries. According to the wiki[2], US police kills 10 times as often per capita as the worst European offender of significant population (France), and ranks higher than places like Angola, Colombia or Rwanda, that have insanely higher crime rates. Let that sink in, and think whether the problem is race based or not.
But don't worry, Biden won, the rates will remain the same but it will no longer be an issue worth being reported in the media ;)
[0] https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-de...
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBUUx0jUKxc
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_killings_by_law_enforc...
Not at all, demographic doesn't relate only to race but other factors, like where do you live, etc.
I don't have data to back this up, but in every country, people living in middle/high class areas have to worry much less about being stopped on the streets by the police than others.
For the rest of your comment, I totally agree with you. I don't think Biden is going to change anything significantly here, considering both his and Harris history.
My bad, too many arguments in that direction lately :)
> people living in middle/high class areas have to worry much less about being stopped on the streets by the police than others
Indeed. Another correlation I see interesting is, regardless of income, the urban/rural/suburban breakdown, with rural populations getting the short end of the stick here.
It's a common trend in covertly authoritarian governments, but not only, to be able to remove people from the public without a fair trial: just question their sanity and have a doctor sign them in. Sometimes it isn't even the government, but someone well connected who needs someone else removed.
[0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6680331-the-therapeutic-...