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Re:Study shows class bias in hiring based on few seconds of ... by bjourne on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @09:00PM (#26964122)
> not when accounting for a higher level of crime. In fact, whites are more than half of police victims, while causing way less than half of violent crimes.

... Think about it. How does higher levels of crime among black Americans explain why more unarmed black Americans are killed by police? Think about it ...

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Re:Study shows class bias in hiring based on few seconds of ... by esyir on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @01:20AM (#26965879)
Simple. Assuming that unarmed shooting rate is a proportion of police calls, more crime directly results on more calls and thus more shootings.
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Re:Study shows class bias in hiring based on few seconds of ... by bjourne on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @05:35AM (#26967500)
I don't see how you get from point A to point B. More police calls means that more perpetrators get shot, perhaps, but why would it mean that more unarmed people get killed?
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