The Numbers Don’t Support BLM Claims About the Police
3rd June 2020
Are black lives in danger due to “systemic racism” in American policing? Are “black and brown bodies” under systematic assault by white racists?
The numbers from recent years suggest that the answer to both questions is “no.” There are few instances in which unarmed blacks are killed by white police officers. To the extent that, in these instances, the police officer acted wrongfully, the officer must be held fully accountable. However, the low number of instances compared to the frequency of encounters undercuts any claim of a systemic policing problem in this regard.
Similarly, the statistics on interracial violence undercut the claim that white racists pose a serious threat to black and brown bodies. Blacks engage in violence against whites far more frequently than whites engage in violence against blacks.
‘Activists’ lie habitually.