Notice that while average white parents might worry about criminals before letting their kids out on the street, the black parents worry (with good reason) about the police.
(Just to spell it out: this is why so many BLM activists feel comfortable saying "abolish the police" or "defund the police", because from their point of view the police are the people most likely to assault or kill them or their children on the street, more so than random criminals)
> “Young teens or pre-teens of color were handcuffed, arrested, or held at gunpoint while participating in age-appropriate activities such as running, playing with friends, high-fiving, sitting on a stoop, or carrying a backpack.”
This is child abuse.
Black people killed by police in 2018 [1]: 209
Black people murdered by civilians (of any race) in 2018 [2]: 7,407
White people killed by police in 2018 [1]: 399
White people murdered by civilians in 2018 [2]: 6088
Aren’t criminals a greater threat than police for both black and white peoples? Of course this isn’t the whole picture of what interactions with police look like, but if you are scared for your children’s lives, criminals seem to be a much greater threat regardless of race.
> the police are the people most likely to assault or kill them or their children on the street, more so than random criminals
This does not seem to be even remotely correct. Am I missing something?
[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-de...
[2] https://www.statista.com/statistics/251877/murder-victims-in...