Posted on 03/09/2015 1:37:21 PM PDT by jazusamo
The U.S. Department of Justice issued two reports last week, both growing out of the Ferguson, Missouri shooting of Michael Brown. The first report, about "the shooting death of Michael Brown by Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson" ought to be read by every American.
It says in plain English what facts have been established by an autopsy on Michael Brown's body — by three different pathologists, including one representing the family of Michael Brown — by DNA examination of officer Darren Wilson's gun and police vehicle, by examination of the pattern of blood stains on the street where Brown died and by a medical report on officer Wilson, from the hospital where he went for treatment.
The bottom line is that all this hard evidence, and more, show what a complete lie was behind all the stories of Michael Brown being shot in the back or being shot while raising his hands in surrender. Yet that lie was repeated, and dramatized in demonstrations and riots from coast to coast, as well as in the media and even in the halls of Congress.
The other Justice Department report, issued the same day — "Investigation of the Ferguson Police Department" — was a complete contrast. Sweeping assumptions take the place of facts, and misleading statistics are thrown around recklessly. This second report is worth reading, just to get a sense of the contrast with the first.
According to the second report, law enforcement in Ferguson has a "disparate impact" on blacks and is "motivated" by "discriminatory intent."
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“Since the population of Ferguson is 67 percent black, the greatest possible “over-representation” of blacks among those stopped by police or fined by courts is 50 percent.”
So half of all the stops were against black population of 67%? Doesn’t sound like blacks were disparately targeted to me.
Yep, sounds to me like they should be stopping more blacks. :)
I think he’s saying that even if 100% of criminal-justice incidents involved blacks, that would be only 50% “overrepresentation.”
67% plus 33-1/2%
Asian Americans are likewise far more "over-represented" among students at leading engineering schools. . . and, as I believe Sowell himself reported elsewhere, Asian Americans are vastly overrepresented among those to be found in the school library at times when others would be more likely to be out partying.
Now I'm curious - do you know the dominate group for the world's military? And what's the plural for 'military' anyhow...
” Yep, sounds to me like they should be stopping more blacks. :)”
Shut yo mou!!
“is “motivated” by “discriminatory intent.””
The intent to discriminate against criminals, perhaps. In all other senses, nonsense.
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