This is almost exactly right, with the caveat that the problem is not just a hangover from the past. The past did indeed drop a very big problem on ou...
Because that would be denying reality. When certain black men are thee times as likely to die at the hand of police officer than comparable white men,...
No, I don't. Because apparently the multitude of research, the protests, the media publicity, the anguish, none of it is good enough for people like y...
Does it not twig with people that yes - you too will be fucked by a cop, given the chance and circumstance - all the more reason to support what is ha...
That entire contingent of cops who stood around while a man lay bleeding from his head has now resigned from being emergency responders - not from bei...
Except this is factually wrong: "From a criminal justice perspective, there appears to be little connection between police killings and violent crime....
Yes, absolutely, all men too should be absolutely furious at the rate at which they die by the hands of police. Why aren't you? With so much in common...
It's population proportion, not population size. If you need this explained then please find a discussion venue more appropriate for your intellectual...
"Controlling for population (that is, looking at killings per million people) shows that it is black Americans who are most likely to be killed by pol...
Absolutely do not do this. - Also anyone who blames people for their own deaths by hands of others is a propagandist and does not deserve to be taken ...
Via Doug Henwood: "In New York, we have 5,500 cops in the schools. They’re unarmed but uniformed, and a visual shock for someone like me who grew up i...
Among the more publicised incidences of police violence that have been given airtime right now, among the most vicious is this one in which a grey-hai...
That's really cool! If what I'm reading is right though, you're about one of fourteen or so police departments out of roughly 18,000 who are involved ...
It's just the city, from what I can find. I'm familiar with these arguments! I'm curious as to how widely known they are. I've spoken to economists wh...
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/06/new-york-times-tom-cotton-staff-reaction.html A pretty extraordinary BTS look at Times staffers pushing ba...
Yes, and there was alot to be 'gained' from Unit 271 experiments too - experiments which are rightly abhorred by any human today. Your statement is ir...
Now seems a uniquely bad time to ignore Trump. His actions and inactions are becoming less and less palatable for a great deal of people, former and w...
Why mass protest works to make your shitty leaders slightly less shit: "Faced with staggering unemployment numbers that are likely to remain elevated ...
Ha. The ~$150m LAPD 'budget cut' that I mentioned earlier is almost entirely a cut to planned budget increases - which were probably on their way due ...
Actually, reflecting on it a little, I do see where Patterson is coming from. I think there's a great deal to be said for not having every problem jus...
This was super interesting. Orlando Patterson was an incredible scholar of slavery and I've alot of time for him. I think he's right to insist that th...
I don't know. I'm curious. I read about it for the first time in some obscure political economy book. Had to look it up after. Have barely heard about...
And if anyone would like a concise definition of systematic racism, this is as good as any: "Social scientists often discuss these disparities as outc...
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