Shooting in USA-thread. (2 Viewers)

king Ale

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Oct 28, 2004
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It still is not the question initially asked by the research so it's 100% interpretation
Of course it is. This wasn't even the point of my comment. I said I have a problem with the data and i explained why, then i said BUT IF we take it the way it is (assuming i have no problem with its collection process), it suggests that unlike what some people say cops are no more afraid of blacks than non-blacks. And you are arguing with me in one full page that you don't think cops are more afraid of blacks and insist that i said the opposite.
 

GordoDeCentral

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Of course it is. This wasn't even the point of my comment. I said I have a problem with the data and i explained why, then i said BUT IF we take it the way it is (assuming i have no problem with its collection process), it suggests that unlike what some people say cops are no more afraid of blacks than non-blacks. And you are arguing with me in one full page that you don't think cops are more afraid of blacks and insist that i said the opposite.
I said cops will show more fear/prudence in hot areas, in cities the hot spots are inhabited mostly by blacks so in the context available to you that will be the case.
 

king Ale

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This is the full paper:

http://www.nber.org/papers/w22399.pdf

As I suspected:

"In particular, given the narrative accounts, I create a dichotomous variable that is equal to one if a police officer reports that she (he) shoots a suspect before they are attacked and zero if they report shooting the suspect after being attacked. These data are available for Houston as well as the other nine locations where we collected OIS data. An important caveat to these data is that the sequence of events in a police-civilian interaction is subject to misreporting by police. Thus, the dependent variable is subjective."

I'm very happy you shared this. The results of this research are interesting despite its limitations. The less limited part of the data suggests that there is a significant discrimination in terms of the force used on blacks versus whites, even when controlling for how much they resist and many other potential confounds (most importantly whether the incident happened in a low or high crime area), meaning even if a black person complies, he/she is more likely to experience non-lethal force. Right, it's not about shooting, but it has an important lesson for those who, in this very thread, said blacks should learn how to behave when confronted with the police. This data says compliance cannot fully explain the existing discrimination in police treatment of blacks, nor can the area in which the incident occurred. So before "god bless the police" perhaps you should ask why this is so? This is likely resulting in a lack of trust in blacks towards the police, which I think is an important factor in explaining why blacks are far more likely to see the police as their enemy. Perhaps it's good to admit that there's a problem that is not related to blacks culture, perhaps it's good to listen to what the black community is upset about with compassion not with ridicule and blame and help them rebuild the trust for the police and for the system.

The second part of the results is also interesting, although it's only based on police officers' reports and is likely to be biased (as admitted by the researcher). What he concludes is that cops are also utility maximizers. They are aware of the consequences of shooting a civilian (even if they are not convicted ultimately). In other words, a racist cop won't shoot, but he/she will insult and abuse power.

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This is another interesting research that has studied police shooting. It doesn't have Fryer's paper's biases but has its own important limitations/biases.

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0141854

"The results provide evidence of a significant bias in the killing of unarmed black Americans relative to unarmed white Americans, in that the probability of being {black, unarmed, and shot by police} is about 3.49 times the probability of being {white, unarmed, and shot by police} on average. There is no relationship between county-level racial bias in police shootings and crime rates (even race-specific crime rates), meaning that the racial bias observed in police shootings in this data set is not explainable as a response to local-level crime rates."
 

Hængebøffer

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Jun 4, 2009
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First of all that is irrelevant to the point and it unfortunately shows me that you were more interested in finding contradictions, though really farfetched, in my historic reactions to similar events then actually being curious to know why i think what i think. But as you know even if i do contradict myself it doesn't take anything away from the points made above. Disappointing.
Secondly, i have always compared the 2 groups actually, having lived and traveled extensively in Europe. But i always made the distinction that Europe is a lot more entrenched in its notions of difference with pronounced nationalism which jay doesn't exist here. No country offers the opportunities to success the US does irrespective of who you are. Take Muslims in France and Muslims in the US, and i don't buy the whole educated Muslims came to America. Most the success stories i know their parents drove cabs, worked construction... And they are fully integrated and work in all industries regardless of their name or appearance. God bless capitalism.
It is not irrelevant. Imo, you got some sort of a blind spot here. American muslims are well integrated, because of distance and system. Muslims are the "black people" of Europe, Abel.
 

Seven

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Jun 25, 2003
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These are nonsensical considerations imo went would a cop mistreat a 12 yo black kid, you can just say hey i don't live in the US i really don't know enough of what goes on there.



Not blacks, but inner city, so could be Latino or white trash. The issue here is that in urban areas most of the people inhabiting slums are black and so the toxic environment created the toxic culture.

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God bless the police
Whatever, X. I guess when people get shot by police officers the real issue is making sure they don't make it about race. Let's not face the obvious incompetence of the police force.
 

GordoDeCentral

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It is not irrelevant. Imo, you got some sort of a blind spot here. American muslims are well integrated, because of distance and system. Muslims are the "black people" of Europe, Abel.
Nah in Europe Muslims are experiencing a youth bulge, but yes europe is closer therefore with more established biases and less room for dialogue

Whatever, X. I guess when people get shot by police officers the real issue is making sure they don't make it about race. Let's not face the obvious incompetence of the police force.
As a corps, considering the threats, id say they are pretty competent. There's always room for improvement but the way they are being painted is beyond ridiculous.
 

Seven

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Jun 25, 2003
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Nah in Europe Muslims are experiencing a youth bulge, but yes europe is closer therefore with more established biases and less room for dialogue



As a corps, considering the threats, id say they are pretty competent. There's always room for improvement but the way they are being painted is beyond ridiculous.
Well, I can't speak for the corps as a whole. If I were to guess, I'd assume the big majority is very qualified.

But what annoys me about the BLM countermovement is that it says racism should not be focused on. It's like the pro gun lobby immediately buying headlines to say the problem is mental illness.
 

Hængebøffer

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Jun 4, 2009
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Nah in Europe Muslims are experiencing a youth bulge, but yes europe is closer therefore with more established biases and less room for dialogue



As a corps, considering the threats, id say they are pretty competent. There's always room for improvement but the way they are being painted is beyond ridiculous.
You know what I mean. But it's not true that the youth are experiencing a bulge - unfortunately.
What biases? I got fuck to share with the French. And fuck dialogue. People should stop being sensitive and listen to critique.
 

Hust

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May 29, 2005
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Don Lemon :lol:

BLM openly call for the killing of cops but they're apparently peaceful and not hateful :lol2:

US Media pusing for a race war :sergio:
Don Lemon was absolutely crushed by this Sheriff :lol:

Here you have a black man elitist trying everything he can to shut down a sheriff schooling him to the point he does what all liberal do, begins to belittle and talk down to you. The sheriff, an expert in the field mind you, has experience and years of knowledge. Don on the other hand can't even denounce the hateful rhetoric :howler:
 
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Don Lemon was absolutely crushed by this Sheriff :lol:

Here you have a black man elitist trying everything he can to shut down a sheriff schooling him to the point he does what all liberal do, begins to belittle and talk down to you. The sheriff, an expert in the field mind you, has experience and years of knowledge. Don on the other hand can't even denounce the hateful rhetoric :howler:
"You can keep your doctor"
 

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