it's taking things to a false conclusion. Racism is a terrible problem and it's reflected in the police killings of black men, but no things aren't all hunky dory if you're white, and yes white people get shot and killed by cops- including unarmed white people.

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Between 2010 and 2014, according to Columbia, South Carolina's the State newspaper, at least 209 suspects were shot at by police in South Carolina, including 79 people who died. In only three of the 209 cases were officers investigated for misuse of force, and none have been convicted. Among the suspects killed, 34 were black and 41 were white (in four cases the suspect's race is unclear), and about half of all suspects shot were black, according to the data gathered by the State.

This mirrors what we know about the national landscape, although data on officer-involved shootings is far from comprehensive and broad patterns are difficult to discern. As Mother Jones has reported previously, officer-involved killings seldom lead to a charge, let alone a conviction. L. Chris Stewart, an attorney representing the Scott family, told the Los Angeles Times he believed that the video was the only reason Slager is facing charges.

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http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/04/south-carolina-police-shooting-walter-scott-michael-slager

The decision of a St. Louis grand jury to not indict a police officer there of shooting and killing an unarmed man has raised new interest in an officer involved fatal shooting in Salt Lake City.

Dillon Taylor, a white male, was shot and killed in August.

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http://wreg.com/2014/11/25/salt-lake-cop-cleared-in-shooting-of-unarmed-white-man/

It's absolutely vital to to confront the racism within police departments, but it can be done without the claim that if only you're white, you're safe from police thugs.

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Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Thu Apr 9, 2015, 02:19 PM

Apr 2015

That about twice as many white people than black people are killed by police every year. Usually around 250-125. Also by the DOJ stats, a white person is more likely to be killed when being arrested than a black person.

Of course per capita, a black person is about 3 times more likely than a white person to be killed by the police. Black people are also arrested at a rate 3 times that of white people which is related.

The root of it all is poverty, middle and upper class individuals of any race are far more safe than poor people, all poor people.

The sign would be more accurate if it said: To Survive in America - Be Rich

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