A Few Pesky Facts About Police Brutality and Race
With only a little analysis, because the data speaks for itself
Over the past few weeks I’ve had several “discussions” with people about the true magnitude of police brutality against Blacks in the United States. I’ve been told things like that it’s some sort of “woke” drama conspiracy and that I don’t know what I’m talking about — until the numbers are laid out and the reality becomes unassailable. I decided to share some of that information in a neat and fairly succinct package here — both for my own future reference as well as yours.
Of course, for some people, data isn’t as relevant as their strong personal belief about the way things truly are, based as far as I can tell, primarily on being a White guy who doesn’t want to face the fact that his cultural centrality is eroding. The way they congratulate each other on being brave and wise enough to see through to the reality would be funny if it weren’t also so sad and destructive.
“Of course these are real issues, but all the hoopla is just too overblown to be believable,” is the gist of what these men seem to be saying. The mythical “woke” are blamed as if that were some homogenous and monolithic force who live in a fantasy land of baseless drama. I’m sure there are some women who say this nonsense too, but I…
