LogikAndReazon
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The latest left-wing hysteria is "Black Lives Matter" -- based on the lie that black lives don't matter because white police kill blacks wantonly.
The problem with the mantra and the hysteria is not that no blacks are ever killed unjustifiably by police. The problem is that it is so rare as to constitute a libel.
In 2013, of America's 6,261 black homicide victims, more than 6,000 of them -- 97 percent -- were killed by people other than police. About three percent of black homicide victims were killed by police. And of that three percent, nearly every one was armed and dangerous. To label that an epidemic of police racism is a libel.
In addition, more than 9 in 10 blacks murdered were murdered by another black person. Now that is an epidemic -- an epidemic of black murderers. (In response, it is pointed out that about 83 percent of whites are murdered by whites. But there is no equivalency here. Blacks murder at eight times the rate of whites -- 34.4 per 100,000 versus 4.5 per 100,000.)
Black Murderers Matter RealClearPolitics
The problem with the mantra and the hysteria is not that no blacks are ever killed unjustifiably by police. The problem is that it is so rare as to constitute a libel.
In 2013, of America's 6,261 black homicide victims, more than 6,000 of them -- 97 percent -- were killed by people other than police. About three percent of black homicide victims were killed by police. And of that three percent, nearly every one was armed and dangerous. To label that an epidemic of police racism is a libel.
In addition, more than 9 in 10 blacks murdered were murdered by another black person. Now that is an epidemic -- an epidemic of black murderers. (In response, it is pointed out that about 83 percent of whites are murdered by whites. But there is no equivalency here. Blacks murder at eight times the rate of whites -- 34.4 per 100,000 versus 4.5 per 100,000.)
Black Murderers Matter RealClearPolitics
