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This is just sad 😢

For blacks, police pursuits far more deadly

"For every 100,000 black people in the United States, 4 were killed in police chases over the 17 years between 1999 and 2015.

For every 100,000 people who are not black, 1.5 were killed."

http://www.usatoday.com/pages/interactives/blacks-killed-police-chases-higher-rate/

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Sacron22 · 56-60, M

Excellent post. Good to see clear, empirical data. Maybe it'll educate some folks.

Booyeah · 41-45, M

Without context, it serves no educational purpose.

Sacron22 · 56-60, M

She's got enough context: Population data plus incidence of killings. That is sufficient for her point. If you mean the socio-economic forces at work, obviously the data above are out of context. But it was not the author's intent to explain everything.@Booyeah:

Booyeah · 41-45, M

@Sacron22: No, obviously the authors intent was to cherry-pick a dataset to forward an emotional argument.

Sacron22 · 56-60, M

Perhaps. But intent does not invalidate a fact. @Booyeah:

Booyeah · 41-45, M

@Sacron22: But facts without context invalidate educational value.

Sacron22 · 56-60, M

I agree with you after thinking about it. With education as the goal abstracted data can be spurious. In this I don't think it's a problem. The above statement is a headline, a quick information offer. And it will, I hope, motivate further reading@Booyeah:

Booyeah · 41-45, M

@Sacron22: I concur. I think that's a solid ground to meet upon.