jvcarroll
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I must also state that racism isn't merely a partisan issue. It's been made into one. Also, racist cops (and those of all professions) can easily be democrats. You'd be surprised by the number of progressive Texans I've known that, in the 2008 cycle, casually repeated that voting for Barack Obama was okay because he was an "Oreo." Needless to say, I responded with harsh words (as you know I can). I recommend a book I'm reading. The Soul of America by Pulizer Prize winning historian, Jon Meacham. It appropriately starts with the racist environment of the Trump campaign, yet compares it to the racist Dixiecrats (democrats) of years past. He totally stole their playbook!!! It's a powerful book with great perspective. I think you'd like it. I'm finding it to be essential reading as an American.Saw this interesting tweet yesterday and thought it would be of interest here (probably not to those that push forward the narrative that the police have declared open season on unarmed black men).
So far in 2018 there have been 22 "unarmed" people killed by police, many of which had physical altercations with officers. Of the 22, 12 were white, 8 black, 1 hispanic. The data holds for previous years as well, with 2017 having 68 deaths, 30 of which were white, 20 black, 13 hispanic. This isn't data compiled by a pro police group; it's from the Washington Post. While each is undoubtedly a tragedy for their families, they are hardly indicative of an epidemic. But you'd never know it by the disproportionate media coverage some of those deaths receive. Anecdotes aren't facts, but they are magically news when they fit the narrative. Magically not when they don't.