Tucker Carlson’s monologue from last night should probably be viewed by every American.
In it he uses data drawn from a Washington Post database on police shooting incidents to draw the following facts:
In 2019 there were 41 incidents in the US where police fatally shot killed and unarmed suspect.
Of those 10 victims were black and 20 were white (the others were either various races or racial data was not captured).
In four of the 10 black shooting cases the police officer was also black.
In three of the cases the officer shot to protect himself as he was in imminent danger from a suspect using a knife, taser or some other weapon.
Two of the shootings were deemed unjustified and those officers were prosecuted.
In 2019 conversely 89 police officers were shot dead by suspects.
Shootings of unarmed black suspects by police have declined 75% since 2010, the year the WaPo began keeping this database.
Barack Hussein Obama was POTUS in 2010.
Facts are stubborn and inconvenient things.
Yep but those facts don’t matter to the left, most of our politicians and even a fair amount on the right.
Good stats, in general. But how can 3 of the suspects shot have had weapons when it’s a subset of the 41 ‘unarmed’ who were shot. One or the other of those must not be clear of correct.
Tucker is doing a great job, but he is preaching to the choir. The critical thinking skills and ability to accept and analyze information contrary to existing biases just isn’t there. The reaction will be: “Why do you watch Fox News? They are racist.” And the discussion ends.
In 2019 conversely 89 police officers were shot dead by suspects. .............................. FBI stats differ, it was in the 40’s. “According to statistics reported to the FBI, 89 law enforcement officers were killed in line-of-duty incidents in 2019. Of these, 48 officers died as a result of felonious acts, and 41 officers died in accidents.” In this case, he would be called a liar by the left. Its the same kind of statement CNN would use.
Great post on Tucker’s cops shoot blacks scam exposed