Derec
Contributor
I am suggesting that neither are being "mistreated" by police but that yes, the media is feeding a false and damaging racial narrative here. White on black crime gets a lot of attention, black on white crime not so much with the result that there is a skewed perception among people.Are you suggesting that the media is creating the false impression that African-Americans are more likely to be mistreated by the police, when in fact it is all us poor, oppressed white people who are being mistreated by police more than African-Americans?
You meant is sarcastically, but you pretty much hit the nail on the head despite yourself.Oh, that sinister, sinister liberal media conspiracy! They create a false impression in the public through lies and selective reporting!
Even if that number is correct, you have to ask yourself why that is so. Racism by police or criminal behavior of black teens vs. white teens. The thing is that the discrepancy is much lower when you consider entire population, not just teens:On a more serious note, your implication is categorically insane. Black male teens are twenty one times more likely to be killed by police.
That is only about a 3x blacks killed by police than whites. Note that blacks are 5x as likely as blacks to commit homicide so if anything police shoot fewer blacks than one would expect.
Actually the statistics back up my position, not yours. My position being that people get shot by police due to their behavior, not race, and numbers bear that out.The statistics are precisely the opposite of what you suggest, not that you would ever let facts get in the way of your persecution complex.