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Comment author: Azathoth123 19 September 2014 05:57:20AM 0 points [-]

Have you ever looked at statistics on shooting deaths?

If you look at my previous sentence, you'll see I was referring to shootings by police. I agree, that young black men get shot all the time, mostly by other young black men, and nobody pays attention to that.

Comment author: VAuroch 19 September 2014 08:37:24AM 0 points [-]

No, it is true for shooting deaths by police as well. Every time a white person is shot by a policeman, it's national news. When a black person gets shot by police, it's Tuesday.

Comment author: Lumifer 19 September 2014 03:09:46PM 2 points [-]

Every time a white person is shot by a policeman, it's national news.

It is not. Police shoot a lot of people and, funnily enough, no one knows exactly how many.

Comment author: bramflakes 19 September 2014 03:20:35PM 3 points [-]

Every time a white person is shot by a policeman, it's national news. When a black person gets shot by police, it's Tuesday.

Are we living in the same universe?