In making comparisons, The benchmark used is important.
If one looks at percentage of blacks killed compared to percentage of black population, it will seen that blacks are killed more often than they should be.
But one better benchmark would be the percentage of police interactions for each race, or percentage of violent crime for each race.
If one race commits more violent crime per capita, or has more police interactions per capita, it stands to reason that race will have more potential opportunities to be shot by police, and get killed more often.
Exactly. It’s all about the benchmark. Stats passed around by liberals focus on overall population, but the relevant population here is the one that interacts with police, so comparisons to race-specific crime rates, as a proxy, address the issue better.
In making comparisons, The benchmark used is important.
If one looks at percentage of blacks killed compared to percentage of black population, it will seen that blacks are killed more often than they should be.
But one better benchmark would be the percentage of police interactions for each race, or percentage of violent crime for each race.
If one race commits more violent crime per capita, or has more police interactions per capita, it stands to reason that race will have more potential opportunities to be shot by police, and get killed more often.
Exactly. It’s all about the benchmark. Stats passed around by liberals focus on overall population, but the relevant population here is the one that interacts with police, so comparisons to race-specific crime rates, as a proxy, address the issue better.