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  • MikM Offline
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    Mik
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    #214

    You're not supposed to look at that stuff. That's racist.

    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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    • MikM Mik

      You're not supposed to look at that stuff. That's racist.

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      xenon
      wrote on last edited by
      #215

      @Mik that’s my biggest frustration with this whole topic. You have to be so sensitive when discussing.

      I’m completely open to the possibility that I’m wrong and having my mind changed. But you can’t even question certain axioms.

      I had a hilarious convo with a coworker yesterday where we slowly confirmed for a few mins that the other wasn’t overly-woke. Then had a decent convo after.

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      • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

        @89th made perfect sense to me.

        Another distinction worth considering is how many police officers are killed by African American males vs Caucasian, Hispanic, Asian, etc...

        I’m not projecting, I don’t know the answer, but could it be that officers feel more at risk by African Americans and do the numbers support that concern?

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        89th
        wrote on last edited by 89th
        #216

        @LuFins-Dad said in Not a riot:

        I’m not projecting, I don’t know the answer, but could it be that officers feel more at risk by African Americans and do the numbers support that concern?

        temp_stats.png

        So, here are the stats:

        • These are "Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed"
        • Black line = black people
        • Green line = white people
        • Most killings were from either a black or white person
        • TOP CHART: Raw numbers by year, in most years, white people kill cops more.
        • BOTTOM CHART: If you account that black people are 13.1% of the population and white people are 49.7% of the population, proportion to the respective race, in all years black people kill more cops.

        In other words, to answer your question, an officer feels more at risk by black citizens as they (proportional to their race) are 2.7x more likely to kill a cop.

        I can already hear @Aqua-Letifer fuming over the simplification of these numbers, but I wanted to answer @LuFins-Dad 's question.

        Source: https://ucr.fbi.gov/leoka/2017/tables/table-42.xls

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        • 89th8 89th

          @LuFins-Dad said in Not a riot:

          I’m not projecting, I don’t know the answer, but could it be that officers feel more at risk by African Americans and do the numbers support that concern?

          temp_stats.png

          So, here are the stats:

          • These are "Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed"
          • Black line = black people
          • Green line = white people
          • Most killings were from either a black or white person
          • TOP CHART: Raw numbers by year, in most years, white people kill cops more.
          • BOTTOM CHART: If you account that black people are 13.1% of the population and white people are 49.7% of the population, proportion to the respective race, in all years black people kill more cops.

          In other words, to answer your question, an officer feels more at risk by black citizens as they (proportional to their race) are 2.7x more likely to kill a cop.

          I can already hear @Aqua-Letifer fuming over the simplification of these numbers, but I wanted to answer @LuFins-Dad 's question.

          Source: https://ucr.fbi.gov/leoka/2017/tables/table-42.xls

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          Aqua Letifer
          wrote on last edited by Aqua Letifer
          #217

          @89th said in Not a riot:

          In other words, to answer your question, an officer feels more at risk by black citizens as they (proportional to their race) are 2.7x more likely to kill a cop.

          Blacks have killed more cops because a great many of them live in neighborhoods in which more cops are killed, not because melanin levels make you enjoy killing cops 2.7 times as much.

          Also, that's historical data, not a future projection. Those numbers don't mean that blacks are 2.7 times more likely to kill a police officer, they mean that police officers have been killed by blacks 2.7 times more often than whites. Those two aren't the same.

          Please love yourself.

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          • 89th8 Offline
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            89th
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            #218

            No need to talk about Trump’s wife that way.

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            • Aqua LetiferA Offline
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              Aqua Letifer
              wrote on last edited by
              #219

              I'd love to hear her take on this actually. That would be better than watching MAS*H.

              Please love yourself.

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              • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                @89th said in Not a riot:

                In other words, to answer your question, an officer feels more at risk by black citizens as they (proportional to their race) are 2.7x more likely to kill a cop.

                Blacks have killed more cops because a great many of them live in neighborhoods in which more cops are killed, not because melanin levels make you enjoy killing cops 2.7 times as much.

                Also, that's historical data, not a future projection. Those numbers don't mean that blacks are 2.7 times more likely to kill a police officer, they mean that police officers have been killed by blacks 2.7 times more often than whites. Those two aren't the same.

                JollyJ Offline
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                Jolly
                wrote on last edited by
                #220

                @Aqua-Letifer said in Not a riot:

                @89th said in Not a riot:

                In other words, to answer your question, an officer feels more at risk by black citizens as they (proportional to their race) are 2.7x more likely to kill a cop.

                Blacks have killed more cops because a great many of them live in neighborhoods in which more cops are killed, not because melanin levels make you enjoy killing cops 2.7 times as much.

                Also, that's historical data, not a future projection. Those numbers don't mean that blacks are 2.7 times more likely to kill a police officer, they mean that police officers have been killed by blacks 2.7 times more often than whites. Those two aren't the same.

                Have facts become useless?

                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                • George KG George K

                  @Aqua-Letifer said in Not a riot:

                  No fires were set there then, and nothing was thrown at police.

                  https://www.nps.gov/subjects/uspp/6_2_20_statement_from_acting_chief_monahan.htm

                  United States Park Police acting Chief Gregory Monahan.

                  On Monday, June 1, the USPP worked with the United States Secret Service to have temporary fencing installed inside Lafayette Park. At approximately 6:33 pm, violent protestors on H Street NW began throwing projectiles including bricks, frozen water bottles and caustic liquids. The protestors also climbed onto a historic building at the north end of Lafayette Park that was destroyed by arson days prior. Intelligence had revealed calls for violence against the police, and officers found caches of glass bottles, baseball bats and metal poles hidden along the street.

                  You're saying the Chief of Police for the Park Service is mistaken?

                  AxtremusA Offline
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                  #221

                  @George-K said in Not a riot:

                  @Aqua-Letifer said in Not a riot:

                  No fires were set there then, and nothing was thrown at police.

                  https://www.nps.gov/subjects/uspp/6_2_20_statement_from_acting_chief_monahan.htm

                  United States Park Police acting Chief Gregory Monahan.

                  On Monday, June 1, the USPP worked with the United States Secret Service to have temporary fencing installed inside Lafayette Park. At approximately 6:33 pm, violent protestors on H Street NW began throwing projectiles including bricks, frozen water bottles and caustic liquids. The protestors also climbed onto a historic building at the north end of Lafayette Park that was destroyed by arson days prior. Intelligence had revealed calls for violence against the police, and officers found caches of glass bottles, baseball bats and metal poles hidden along the street.

                  You're saying the Chief of Police for the Park Service is mistaken?

                  @George-K , yes, the Chief of Police for the Park Service is mistaken.

                  The WUSA9 news crew found tear gas canisters on site at the time and documented their findings:

                  https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/tear-gas-washington-dc-protests-st-johns-church/65-7e9a67c7-e40b-47a2-8060-3f7d908139dd

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                  • AxtremusA Axtremus

                    @George-K said in Not a riot:

                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Not a riot:

                    No fires were set there then, and nothing was thrown at police.

                    https://www.nps.gov/subjects/uspp/6_2_20_statement_from_acting_chief_monahan.htm

                    United States Park Police acting Chief Gregory Monahan.

                    On Monday, June 1, the USPP worked with the United States Secret Service to have temporary fencing installed inside Lafayette Park. At approximately 6:33 pm, violent protestors on H Street NW began throwing projectiles including bricks, frozen water bottles and caustic liquids. The protestors also climbed onto a historic building at the north end of Lafayette Park that was destroyed by arson days prior. Intelligence had revealed calls for violence against the police, and officers found caches of glass bottles, baseball bats and metal poles hidden along the street.

                    You're saying the Chief of Police for the Park Service is mistaken?

                    @George-K , yes, the Chief of Police for the Park Service is mistaken.

                    The WUSA9 news crew found tear gas canisters on site at the time and documented their findings:

                    https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/tear-gas-washington-dc-protests-st-johns-church/65-7e9a67c7-e40b-47a2-8060-3f7d908139dd

                    George KG Offline
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                    George K
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #222

                    @Axtremus said in Not a riot:

                    @George-K said in Not a riot:

                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Not a riot:

                    No fires were set there then, and nothing was thrown at police.

                    You're saying the Chief of Police for the Park Service is mistaken?

                    @George-K , yes, the Chief of Police for the Park Service is mistaken.

                    The WUSA9 news crew found tear gas canisters on site at the time and documented their findings:

                    https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/tear-gas-washington-dc-protests-st-johns-church/65-7e9a67c7-e40b-47a2-8060-3f7d908139dd

                    And so, apparently, is Aqua:

                    While some agitators threw water bottles at advancing police, one agitator hurled a firework towards officers that fell short and caused panic among retreating protesters.

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      Axtremus
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #223

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                      • JollyJ Offline
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                        Jolly
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #224

                        You may have a chance, Ax. I've heard Bathhouse Barry swings both ways...

                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                        • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                          @89th said in Not a riot:

                          In other words, to answer your question, an officer feels more at risk by black citizens as they (proportional to their race) are 2.7x more likely to kill a cop.

                          Blacks have killed more cops because a great many of them live in neighborhoods in which more cops are killed, not because melanin levels make you enjoy killing cops 2.7 times as much.

                          Also, that's historical data, not a future projection. Those numbers don't mean that blacks are 2.7 times more likely to kill a police officer, they mean that police officers have been killed by blacks 2.7 times more often than whites. Those two aren't the same.

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                          Copper
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #225

                          @Aqua-Letifer said in Not a riot:

                          @89th said in Not a riot:

                          Those numbers don't mean that blacks are 2.7 times more likely to kill a police officer, they mean that police officers have been killed by blacks 2.7 times more often than whites. Those two aren't the same.

                          Correct, one is a fact. The other will become a fact if this BLM nonsense continues.

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                          • AxtremusA Axtremus

                            @George-K said in Not a riot:

                            @Aqua-Letifer said in Not a riot:

                            No fires were set there then, and nothing was thrown at police.

                            https://www.nps.gov/subjects/uspp/6_2_20_statement_from_acting_chief_monahan.htm

                            United States Park Police acting Chief Gregory Monahan.

                            On Monday, June 1, the USPP worked with the United States Secret Service to have temporary fencing installed inside Lafayette Park. At approximately 6:33 pm, violent protestors on H Street NW began throwing projectiles including bricks, frozen water bottles and caustic liquids. The protestors also climbed onto a historic building at the north end of Lafayette Park that was destroyed by arson days prior. Intelligence had revealed calls for violence against the police, and officers found caches of glass bottles, baseball bats and metal poles hidden along the street.

                            You're saying the Chief of Police for the Park Service is mistaken?

                            @George-K , yes, the Chief of Police for the Park Service is mistaken.

                            The WUSA9 news crew found tear gas canisters on site at the time and documented their findings:

                            https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/tear-gas-washington-dc-protests-st-johns-church/65-7e9a67c7-e40b-47a2-8060-3f7d908139dd

                            LarryL Offline
                            LarryL Offline
                            Larry
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #226

                            @Axtremus said in Not a riot:

                            @George-K said in Not a riot:

                            @Aqua-Letifer said in Not a riot:

                            No fires were set there then, and nothing was thrown at police.

                            https://www.nps.gov/subjects/uspp/6_2_20_statement_from_acting_chief_monahan.htm

                            United States Park Police acting Chief Gregory Monahan.

                            On Monday, June 1, the USPP worked with the United States Secret Service to have temporary fencing installed inside Lafayette Park. At approximately 6:33 pm, violent protestors on H Street NW began throwing projectiles including bricks, frozen water bottles and caustic liquids. The protestors also climbed onto a historic building at the north end of Lafayette Park that was destroyed by arson days prior. Intelligence had revealed calls for violence against the police, and officers found caches of glass bottles, baseball bats and metal poles hidden along the street.

                            You're saying the Chief of Police for the Park Service is mistaken?

                            @George-K , yes, the Chief of Police for the Park Service is mistaken.

                            The WUSA9 news crew found tear gas canisters on site at the time and documented their findings:

                            https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/tear-gas-washington-dc-protests-st-johns-church/65-7e9a67c7-e40b-47a2-8060-3f7d908139dd

                            You truly are an idiot.

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                            • AxtremusA Axtremus

                              LarryL Offline
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                              Larry
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                              #227

                              @Axtremus said in Not a riot:

                              Ax, you wouldn't know a leader if one walked up and slapped you down.

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                              • George KG George K

                                @Axtremus said in Not a riot:

                                @George-K said in Not a riot:

                                @Aqua-Letifer said in Not a riot:

                                No fires were set there then, and nothing was thrown at police.

                                You're saying the Chief of Police for the Park Service is mistaken?

                                @George-K , yes, the Chief of Police for the Park Service is mistaken.

                                The WUSA9 news crew found tear gas canisters on site at the time and documented their findings:

                                https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/tear-gas-washington-dc-protests-st-johns-church/65-7e9a67c7-e40b-47a2-8060-3f7d908139dd

                                And so, apparently, is Aqua:

                                While some agitators threw water bottles at advancing police, one agitator hurled a firework towards officers that fell short and caused panic among retreating protesters.

                                Aqua LetiferA Offline
                                Aqua LetiferA Offline
                                Aqua Letifer
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #228

                                @George-K said in Not a riot:

                                @Axtremus said in Not a riot:

                                @George-K said in Not a riot:

                                @Aqua-Letifer said in Not a riot:

                                No fires were set there then, and nothing was thrown at police.

                                You're saying the Chief of Police for the Park Service is mistaken?

                                @George-K , yes, the Chief of Police for the Park Service is mistaken.

                                The WUSA9 news crew found tear gas canisters on site at the time and documented their findings:

                                https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/tear-gas-washington-dc-protests-st-johns-church/65-7e9a67c7-e40b-47a2-8060-3f7d908139dd

                                And so, apparently, is Aqua:

                                While some agitators threw water bottles at advancing police, one agitator hurled a firework towards officers that fell short and caused panic among retreating protesters.

                                Saw the video. Did you?

                                Firework was thrown after the tear gas and flashbangs started.

                                Please love yourself.

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                                • LuFins DadL Offline
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                                  LuFins Dad
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #229

                                  Ax may or may not be an idiot, but there WAS tear gas fired in LaFayette that evening. Like Aqua, I know a few people that were on-site, and not as protestors. They say tear gas was fired, I believe them.

                                  The Brad

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                                    Aqua Letifer
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #230

                                    I posted a video still of the tear gas and we're still debating this. We've approached "I'll see it when I believe it." Protester bad. Whatever.

                                    Please love yourself.

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                                      Aqua Letifer
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #231

                                      More police peacefully dispersing a rabid, violent crowd determined to destroy property:

                                      https://www.instagram.com/p/CA-P9oVnkD-/

                                      https://www.instagram.com/p/CA-CdH-pSpt/

                                      https://www.instagram.com/p/CBCSEtMHtAh/

                                      Please love yourself.

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                                      • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                                        I posted a video still of the tear gas and we're still debating this. We've approached "I'll see it when I believe it." Protester bad. Whatever.

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                                        Larry
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #232

                                        @Aqua-Letifer said in Not a riot:

                                        I posted a video still of the tear gas and we're still debating this. We've approached "I'll see it when I believe it." Protester bad. Whatever.

                                        You've bought into a media lie. Those were smoke bomb canisters. Not tear gas.

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                                        • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                                          More police peacefully dispersing a rabid, violent crowd determined to destroy property:

                                          https://www.instagram.com/p/CA-P9oVnkD-/

                                          https://www.instagram.com/p/CA-CdH-pSpt/

                                          https://www.instagram.com/p/CBCSEtMHtAh/

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                                          Larry
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #233

                                          @Aqua-Letifer said in Not a riot:

                                          More police peacefully dispersing a rabid, violent crowd determined to destroy property:

                                          https://www.instagram.com/p/CA-P9oVnkD-/

                                          https://www.instagram.com/p/CA-CdH-pSpt/

                                          https://www.instagram.com/p/CBCSEtMHtAh/

                                          According to those who were there, the "peaceful protesters" began to turn violent, police found various items positioned strategically to be used as weapons when the "peaceful protesters" began heading straight for the items like they (say it ain't so!!) Knew right where they were, and the police had to use smoke bombs and pepper balls to disperse the now violent "peaceful protesters".

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