the ferguson thread was running for 4 months and 25 days (147 days). the thread about the white kid being shot has been running for 12 days. of course it has fewer replies
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in isolation, your fbi figures are less meaningful. but i suspect you already know that. we're talking about
proportion so my points stands even if blacks commit crime more frequently.
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The ferguson/other stories make headline news and spin 24/7 speculation on news outlets for months on end. There is a common theme by the liberal media being constantly pushed that police are out of control killing supposed innocent african americans left and right.
The point is we have a slanted media that jumps on any incident involving a black man being killed by police and will run with a false narrative to fit their "police brutality against african americans" agenda. Most of the time it seems the media only make it worse when dozens of news organizations flood into these cities afterwards to "cover the story" only adding fuel to the fire. It's a fact that the whole "hands up, don't shoot" was completely false and never happened.
Caucasians are killed, as well as hispanics, natives, etc, but you never hear about it because it doesn't fit the liberal media's agenda, not to mention there is no "___LivesMatter" movement other than blacks.
IMHO the real problem are democratic policies that oppress minorities into urban projects/ghettos living under public/govt housing without any incentive to move off the system. Then the same oppressed people receiving funding are the ones voting for these policies so they can keep their funding.
In the state I live in the government will fund your housing, food, health, and cash assistance, fully, indefinitely, forever, unless your income is over a certain amount (which is really low and not livable)... the screwed up part is if you're actually working full time making a bit of money you get cut off assistance, but the cutoff is so low it's easier for people to live off the system than bust their ass working full time just barely getting by.
A few years ago my dad had to go on medical disability (or it was unemployment) and he said he received more money from disability by doing nothing than working full time.
Also, I work at a sober living facility where residents are funded cash, food, health, housing through the govt. I remember during the last elections I took some residents to the voting polls and some said they didn't know who they were voting for but were voting all democrat because "they're the ones who give us funding." Some of the residents living at our facility have been there 3-4 years, and show no motivation to get an education or work because they can live off the system comfortably for free. The system is broken. Don't get me started on the cash assistance, it's a frking joke. People can withdrawal hundreds from the atm each month on their state cards and get cash to spend on anything. It's unbelievable how much government cash is handed out to people to who then spend much of it on cigarettes, alcohol, other. At least with the food cards they can only spend money on food. There are 0 restrictions on the cash assistance. I've lived this and seen it first hand. I was fortunate enough to get a good job to help bring me out of that.
TLDR: Police are barely the issue in this clusterfq mess of a country. The primary problem are govt policies, a mix of not enough work opportunities combined with low wages and no incentive to actual work when the benefits of living off the govt are in many situations easier.
Just realized this is completely off-topic, sorry
