[TalonDJ]

“(4) Blacks are killed by the police more often because the commit more crimes and resist the police more often. “

This one is false. Whites and Hispanics are killed by cops at a higher per-capita rate.

[House Atreides]

Got a link for that?

[PTBAA]

“Whites and Hispanics are killed by cops at a higher per-capita rate.”

Just another example of White Privilege.

[blues-train]

This is a result, not a reason.

[mlo]

“(4) Blacks are killed by the police more often because the commit more crimes and resist the police more often. “

This one is false. Whites and Hispanics are killed by cops at a higher per-capita rate.

It's not false. Whites and Hispanics are not killed at a higher per-capita rate. They are killed at a higher rate per interaction with police. But blacks have more interactions and the total number is higher.

[rb22982]

I don't believe that is correct - they are more likely to be killed per arrest but AA are far more likely to be arrested in the first place, and thus have far more deaths from cops.

[PapaBear3625]

This one is false. Whites and Hispanics are killed by cops at a higher per-capita rate.

Mother Jones ran an article Here’s the Data That Shows Cops Kill Black People at a Higher Rate Than White People. They declared that, since cops kill black people at a rate of 2.74 (per million black people) versus a rate of 1.28 for whites ( a little over twice the rate for blacks), that this proves that cops are racist murderers.

However, when you take into account that blacks account for 51% of homicide arrests and 53% of robbery arrests (the two crimes where the cops are most likely to face violent resistance), while being just 13% of the population, then it indicates that the cops are trying VERY hard to not shoot blacks. Cops are probably putting their lives at risk to avoid sparking a riot.