Public restrooms are hard to find in America. That’s a problem

Re:Public restrooms are hard to find in America. That’s a pr... by woodruffw on Saturday September 09, 2023 @04:32PM (#37449998)

This is baselessly asserted: rich people consistently receive gentler treatment at the hands of the police for similar crimes[1]. Black Americans get dinged for this twice: not only are they poorer on average than Whites, but are also disproportionately likely to be brutalized or killed by law enforcement[2]. When Black people do die in custody, their deaths are more likely to be characterized with pseudomedical terms like “excited delirium[3].”

[1]: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/696355

[2]: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2022/12/22/policing_survey...

[3]: https://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/About-APA/Organiza...

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Re:Public restrooms are hard to find in America. That’s a pr... by JamesBarney on Saturday September 09, 2023 @07:28PM (#37451332)

Per interaction they are more likely to experience violence per police office but per interaction black Americans are all about equally likely to die to law enforcement as the average.

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Re:Public restrooms are hard to find in America. That’s a pr... by ddd00001 on Sunday September 10, 2023 @10:32AM (#37456146)

"disproportionately likely to be brutalized or killed by law enforcement"

Hi woodruffw - what group is disproportionaly likely to kill or brutalize law enforcement? What happens when you correct for that?

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