JoeMoma
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Each year cops usually kill less than 250 blacks per year by gunshot. Cops kill approximately twice as many whites(500) per year by gunshot. Gunfire is not the only way cops kill, ref. George Floyd, but I think it's a safe assumption that gunfire captures the vice majority of deaths by cop.
www.statista.com
Since Blacks make up only 13% of the population, the rate cops kill blacks is higher than the rate cops kill whites. Some say this is evidence of systemic racism. Having a debate on systemic racism is not the purpose of this thread.
The purpose of this thread is to show that BLM activism has resulted in an overall increase in crime rates and an increase in the number of blacks being murdered. This is due to what has become known as the Ferguson effect.
en.wikipedia.org
The deaths of Michael Brown in 2014 and of George Floyd in 2020 gave activist such as BLM to demonize police. Per the Ferguson Effect, police have backed off of proactive policing in high crime areas resulting in much higher violent crime rates. Compared to 2014, there were 2000 addition murders of blacks in both 2015 and 2016. 4000 more black deaths over two years.
www.city-journal.org
Since the killing of George Floyd, police have continued to be demonized by BLM and other anti-police activists. There as been a spike in violent crime rates resulting in many more blacks being murdered. Since the number of blacks killed by cops each year is in the hundreds and the number of blacks murdered each year is in the thousands, the increase in violent crimes is resulting in many more blacks dying than those killed by cops each year.
So do black lives really matter to BLM? You be the judge!
People shot to death by U.S. police, by race 2024 | Statista
The trend of fatal police shootings in the U.S. seems to only be increasing each year, with 1,097 civilians, 225 of whom were Black, killed by police in 2022.
www.statista.com
Since Blacks make up only 13% of the population, the rate cops kill blacks is higher than the rate cops kill whites. Some say this is evidence of systemic racism. Having a debate on systemic racism is not the purpose of this thread.
The purpose of this thread is to show that BLM activism has resulted in an overall increase in crime rates and an increase in the number of blacks being murdered. This is due to what has become known as the Ferguson effect.
Ferguson effect - Wikipedia
The deaths of Michael Brown in 2014 and of George Floyd in 2020 gave activist such as BLM to demonize police. Per the Ferguson Effect, police have backed off of proactive policing in high crime areas resulting in much higher violent crime rates. Compared to 2014, there were 2000 addition murders of blacks in both 2015 and 2016. 4000 more black deaths over two years.
Breakdown
It took several months for the first iteration of the Ferguson Effect to become obvious. Michael Brown was fatally shot by a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer in August 2014, triggering local riots and a national narrative about lethally racist police. Officers backed off proactive policing in...
www.city-journal.org
Since the killing of George Floyd, police have continued to be demonized by BLM and other anti-police activists. There as been a spike in violent crime rates resulting in many more blacks being murdered. Since the number of blacks killed by cops each year is in the hundreds and the number of blacks murdered each year is in the thousands, the increase in violent crimes is resulting in many more blacks dying than those killed by cops each year.
So do black lives really matter to BLM? You be the judge!
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