Black lives do not seem to matter much to black Americans

Police may kill more Whites than Blacks in any given year, but erroneous or suspicious killings by the police are less likely to be investigated when the victim is Black. At least, that appears to be true in Chicago.

Black men here are frequently stopped and shot by the police under questionable circumstances. Investigations are less than satisfying: the cops are exonerated 98%-99% of the time. (It would be worthwhile for the Feds to check some of those more outrageous cases from the past to see if those assessments were accurate---that's what BLM should be trying to achieve.)

Add to that the complacency of the nightly news reports about the endless stream of innocent victims of drive-by shootings on the South and West sides, and you start to appreciate that Black Americans are justified feeling less importance is placed on Black lives. If they had that many victims of drive-by shootings in White neighborhoods, they'd call out the National Guard.

Posted by ahem at July 11, 2016 3:50 PM

Blacks killed by police are less frequent than death by bee stings in America. FDWIT.

More people ought to see this article.

Sometimes people just want to fight. It's a default setting for men, especially, but wimmin will fight if you don't watch out. Be prepared.

Posted by Casey Klahn at July 11, 2016 5:19 PM

The FBI has exonerated FBI killings 100% of the time. Waco anyone?

Posted by indyjonesouthere at July 11, 2016 7:18 PM

Seems simple, just go out and shoot enough whites to balance the scales.
Oh! Wait, the whites aren't as stupid and would leave the city and the whole place would go Zimbabwe in a New York minute.

Posted by John the River at July 12, 2016 4:39 AM

This article puts a clear face on the data gathered by Heather MacDonald in her new book "The War on Cops".

Posted by Chuck at July 12, 2016 5:34 AM

Boy am I conflicted. I know that humans, being the way they are, that if you put many of them in a position to do harm... they will. Power is hard to handle.
But...most cops are trying to do a hard job with more or less success. I hate to think of not having them.
Did you guys know that police forces are a fairly modern thing? I was surprised to find that they didn't exist until like the seventeenth century or later or something. Gotta recheck that.

Posted by pbird at July 12, 2016 10:12 AM

All black cops for all black areas would be interesting, if only they could find enough black men without a record willing to take the job. Why Ferguson if still a white force.

Black cops are multiple times more likely to kill than white cops. Black women are worse, but all female cops are far more likely to shoot then men. So that's the ticket, all black female cops. They raised 'em, they can plant 'em.

Posted by james wilson at July 12, 2016 11:20 AM

Black cops for black areas is apartheid, segregation, racism, and whatever else the grievance mongers can devise. I say let 'em have their Black Muslim wish, those that hate cops, and go live in the Muslim communities with Sharia Law. Behind a wall.

Posted by Joan of Argghh! at July 12, 2016 3:36 PM

"Black cops are multiple times more likely to kill than white cops." - james wilson

Mr. Wilson, Would you please provide a link to the study that revealed that "fact"? Thank you

Posted by RM at July 12, 2016 3:38 PM