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Gary wrote:

> On 2/28/2021 12:30 PM, Bruce wrote:
> >On Sun, 28 Feb 2021 10:20:24 -0500, Gary > wrote:
> >
> > > On 2/27/2021 1:12 PM, Bruce wrote:
> > > > GM wrote:
> > > > > "As of the June 22 update, the Washington Posts database of
> > > > > fatal police shootings showed 14 unarmed Black victims and 25
> > > > > unarmed white victims in 2019..."
> > > >
> > > > GM's another one who doesn't understand the concept of 'per
> > > > capita'. Blacks are 13% of the population. If there were 25
> > > > unarmed white victims, there should be 13% of that in black
> > > > victims to be even. That would be 3.25, not 14.
> > >
> > > Brucers, you're just playing with stastistics.
> > >
> > > Fact is, in 2019 39 unarmed men were killed by police.
> > > 25 were white and 14 black.
> > > Color makes no difference. All 39 posed a threat to the police.

> >
> > That's beside the point. GM thought his numbers showed that the
> > police don't kill blacks more often than whites. In reality, his
> > data show the opposite.

>
> In reality, police killed 25 white people and 14 black people.


Were they all in DC? If so, far higher Black population.
 
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