New research: Police shootings show no racial pattern

[Loren Pechtel]

I don't think that the assumption that everybody tells the same lies is unreasonable, when those lies are rooted in racism, and racism is endemic in society.

The idea that each person is completely independent in their choice of lies, falsehoods and inaccurate claims is, in my view, absurd.

But not as absurd as the idea that I care enough about the USA to have a 'faith based' position on her societal problems.

And the idea that anything I have said could reasonably be considered 'victim blaming' is beyond absurd - but, ironically, is good evidence for my actual claim - that, as House MD says, "Everybody lies".

Occam's Razor.

You're inventing a lot of complexity to explain away the data that doesn't agree with your faith.

"Everybody lies" is not only simple, it's obvious.

But that doesn't explain the consistency of the data from very disparate sources.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

This statement sounds racist... I know that. It sounds like I am making the claim that black people are more likely to be criminals. I am not making that statement. all human beings are equally capable of corruption, more or less. I truly believe it all comes down to local (family / neighborhood) culture and economic standing (influence and access to resources). Why black people to this day suffer this economic inequality may very well be due to racism, or at the very least, historical racism. The result is more black people committing crimes... but it is perhaps more meaningful and accurate to say that statistics show more poor people commit crimes. That they tend to be black is incidental... probably.

It's not even the relevant thing. What's really going on is two factors:

1) Poor people are more likely to be criminals.

2) The denser the population the more likely people are to be criminals (more prey and it's easier to get away with it.)

The urban poor areas are quite disproportionately black. Is it any wonder we see more crime amongst blacks?

 

[bilby]

"Everybody lies" is not only simple, it's obvious.

But that doesn't explain the consistency of the data from very disparate sources.

Unless there's a single underlying cause common to all. Such as racism.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

"Everybody lies" is not only simple, it's obvious.

But that doesn't explain the consistency of the data from very disparate sources.

Unless there's a single underlying cause common to all. Such as racism.

No, because that wouldn't cause the same numbers.

There's also the little problem that murder has a high enough solve rate that racism can't explain the discrepancy.