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JimGinPA

(14,811 posts) Fri Sep 29, 2017, 02:05 PM Sep 2017

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This Is Why People Are Protesting

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This Is Why People Are Protesting (Original Post) JimGinPA Sep 2017 OP

As long as it's just black people, nothing will change. The_Casual_Observer Sep 2017 #1

More white people are shot by cops than black people NobodyHere Sep 2017 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author JonLP24 Sep 2017 #3

Black men make up 6% of the population. Of all the people shot and killed by cops Fullduplexxx Sep 2017 #4

All very serious criminal offenses, guillaumeb Sep 2017 #5

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)

1. As long as it's just black people, nothing will change.

Reply to JimGinPA (Original post)

Fri Sep 29, 2017, 02:07 PM

Sep 2017

NobodyHere

(2,810 posts)

2. More white people are shot by cops than black people

Reply to The_Casual_Observer (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 29, 2017, 02:51 PM

Sep 2017

Response to NobodyHere (Reply #2)

JonLP24 This message was self-deleted by its author.

Fullduplexxx

(7,863 posts)

4. Black men make up 6% of the population. Of all the people shot and killed by cops

Reply to NobodyHere (Reply #2)

Fri Sep 29, 2017, 03:15 PM

Sep 2017

40% are black men

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)

5. All very serious criminal offenses,

Reply to JimGinPA (Original post)

Fri Sep 29, 2017, 03:19 PM

Sep 2017

especially when added to the crime of "driving while black".

(Sarcasm alert)

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