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> The problem, which shows up in plenty of posts on social media, is that people's concern should, first and foremost, be the excessive use of force by US police officers, and the lack of accountability that officers face, in particular when black lives are lost as a result. Sure, destroying things this is bad, but black lives matter.

For every 10,000 black people arrested for violent crime, 3 are killed.*

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-...

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/police-shoo...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/national/police...

* For every 10,000 white people arrested for violent crime, 4 are killed. (ducks ... and runs away)

>>sfj+(OP)
If you haven't noticed, the recent cases in the news involve suspected check forgery, jogging down a street, and sitting in one's own home, not arrests for violent crime. Save your talking points for when they're actually relevant.

>>satyrn+Xk
> suspected check forgery,

This guy had, according to the coroner's report, recently used meth, had fentanyl in his system and the police stated he resisted arrest. He also has a police report from 2007 where he pointed a gun at a pregnant lady's belly to restrain her while his partner ransacked her apartment for jewelry and drugs. Sounds peaceful to you?

https://www.theblaze.com/news/george-floyd-fentanyl-methamph... https://files.catbox.moe/f4ylk1.jpeg

(and BTW it was a forged $20 bill, not check forgery)

> jogging down a street

You use this as an example of police brutality in which the police weren't even involved. And then you immediately follow with "Save your talking points for when they're actually relevant"? Will you?

> sitting in one's own home

Breonna Taylor, a black woman, who's boyfriend shot first at the police when the executed a no-knock warrant. Does this sound racially motivated to you? If they were white, would the officers not shoot back?

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Maybe you should stop skimming headlines of MSM and start actually trying to uncover the whole story before you help perpetuate a race war with lazy, anecdotal and misleading examples masquerading as actual talking points.

>>sfj+(OP)
I know commenting about moderation is against the HN guidelines but I'll do it anyway:

It's incredibly sad a comment that adds actual data to a conversation is being downmodded.

>>sfj+Xm2
So basically, none of these cases have anything to do with arrests for violent crimes, like I said.

I did not, however, say any of the other things you are attributing to me.