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king_of_the_nothing t1_jaavi5f wrote

Reply to comment by jannik323 in [OC] The current US Congress is the most Latino in US history by latinometrics

I'm glad you see my point. Race is a social construct. That construct changes over time. What use is this data without defining what is being measured? In the decision of Alvarez v Lemon Grove (1931) the judge refers to people of Mexican descent as 'one race of White people'. White wasn't a race in 1931. Greek, Slav and German were all different races of White people.

We do need to talk about race because there are racists in the world, but we need to be sure we all have the same understanding of the words we use.

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YouTheSexRealPervert t1_jaauj3w wrote

Reply to comment by PredictorX1 in [OC] Fatal Police Shootings in the US: Racial disparities. In absence of racial differences, the probability of fatal police encounters would be the same across racial groups. It is not. Black/African Americans are 4.5 times more likely to have a fatal encounter with the police than Asian Americans. by HitchHux

Sure, if you want to point out that cops violate your right to own firearms. That's what you mean by that, right? That you have a constitutional right to own a firearm making the excuse "they had a gun" a violation of those rights, right?

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dog_superiority t1_jaaoqb8 wrote

Reply to comment by Sweaty-Willingness27 in [OC] Fatal Police Shootings in the US: Racial disparities. In absence of racial differences, the probability of fatal police encounters would be the same across racial groups. It is not. Black/African Americans are 4.5 times more likely to have a fatal encounter with the police than Asian Americans. by HitchHux

Actually, the FBI victimization surveys, where victims report the race of the offender (even if they never got caught), show the same proportions as the arrest records.

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Sweaty-Willingness27 t1_jaakkje wrote

Reply to comment by LSeww in [OC] Fatal Police Shootings in the US: Racial disparities. In absence of racial differences, the probability of fatal police encounters would be the same across racial groups. It is not. Black/African Americans are 4.5 times more likely to have a fatal encounter with the police than Asian Americans. by HitchHux

Any situation can be over-policed.

If you detained every single person in America and strip-searched them based on a single murder, I think most people would say that's over-policing.

The problem is that many people are defensive based on the data provided, and assume the OP's intent is to show that Black and Native Americans are profiled. I think it's a safe assumption, but speaking in generalities in the other direction isn't going to be of any benefit.

The study that's linked here is very different, in my mind. It shows a different problem (and one that I think is clearer) where there is a disparity with little prescient knowledge beyond race. The fatal shootings probably have a lot of variables (and differences in lead-up and situation that caused the shooting) that makes them less useful to compare all together as they are here.

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Lake_Spiritual t1_jaajefw wrote

Reply to comment by cruisinforsnoozin in [OC] Fatal Police Shootings in the US: Racial disparities. In absence of racial differences, the probability of fatal police encounters would be the same across racial groups. It is not. Black/African Americans are 4.5 times more likely to have a fatal encounter with the police than Asian Americans. by HitchHux

Another thing I’d like considered is that since these racial groups tend to be geographically clustered, isn’t this more of a testament of the policing in a region rather than nationwide? Surely the likelihood of a black person being killed by police in Greenwich CT is less than in New Orleans LA?

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SpiderFarter t1_jaajamj wrote

Reply to How the US and Canada Reduced Their Power Sector Emissions: Top Source of Electricity in Each State and Province Since 2005 [OC] by NoComplaint1281

Interesting read in the Wall Street Journal today how the forced moved to “renewables” are bringing far more reliable power generation off line while not coming close to replacing it not even considering the move to add significant more electricity use. Not gonna end well.

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Sweaty-Willingness27 t1_jaaj6g6 wrote

Reply to comment by dog_superiority in [OC] Fatal Police Shootings in the US: Racial disparities. In absence of racial differences, the probability of fatal police encounters would be the same across racial groups. It is not. Black/African Americans are 4.5 times more likely to have a fatal encounter with the police than Asian Americans. by HitchHux

Well, there's more to it than just that, even.

"Crimes committed" would, I assume, mean convictions. Convictions are not without bias either, both in terms of the procurers (witnesses, judge, jury) but also available representation and means.

This isn't saying the OP doesn't have an agenda, just that with any comparison, it's going to be fraught with bias even without intention.

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bgd73 t1_jaailvh wrote

Reply to comment by Cunninghams_right in How the US and Canada Reduced Their Power Sector Emissions: Top Source of Electricity in Each State and Province Since 2005 [OC] by NoComplaint1281

I am in old town maine region.. 30 years. same here too. hydro poles.

whenever there is a problem.. "call hydro"

I live on an island in a river.. there is 3 hydros around me.

love the hydro.

sucks for salmon.. but when there is a 3 way merge by nature, they still have pathways.

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