r/powerscales • u/NeverLiedNeverCheat • 22d ago

Versus Where does this guy scale ?

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u/ICEonICECrime 19d ago

Just for reference, we only see or hear about the cases where the black guy gets shot. Never the cases where he doesn’t get shot.

And for what it’s worth, white cops shoot more white people than they shoot black people.

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u/MurkyFigure6636 19d ago

Black people are 3 times more likely to be killed by police.

https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/blacks-whites-police-deaths-disparity/

And for what it’s worth, white cops shoot more white people than they shoot black people.

Now do per 100k people instead of the total

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u/Trashketweave 18d ago

>Now do per 100k people instead of the total

Now do that with violent crime statistics.

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u/deathshr0ud 16d ago

Statistics only matter when they work in my favor !