tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post6809484416806878268..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Three More Cops Murdered...In Response To Possibly Fictional Patterns Of InjusticeWinston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-7579283334885795862016-07-18T09:22:14.903-04:002016-07-18T09:22:14.903-04:00Groovy, thanks.
I mean...not groovy at all, of ...Groovy, thanks. <br /><br />I mean...not groovy at all, of course...but it's a good gesture at something to start looking at. <br /><br />I WAS semi-consciously/semi-unconsciously thinking that shootings and other uses of force would also tell us something about other possible prejudice... I *will* say that I'm a little skeptical of the move, common on the left, in which every time a Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-88918702255976364512016-07-18T09:10:15.273-04:002016-07-18T09:10:15.273-04:00Drug arrests and convictions are a fairly good pla...Drug arrests and convictions are a fairly good place to start to look for this. For example, by way of contrast, while there are racial disproportions in sentencing for certain gun crimes, these can be defended--in the short term, anyway--by the differing crime rates between the various racial groups in question. Drug arrests and convictions for blacks and Hispanics, however, are almost Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-74895857745766656292016-07-18T08:49:32.315-04:002016-07-18T08:49:32.315-04:00Do we have clear evidence that there is widespread...Do we have clear evidence that there is widespread racial prejudice in other aspects of policing? I honestly don't know. Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-45327782504338663122016-07-18T08:44:01.558-04:002016-07-18T08:44:01.558-04:00As your post went on it seems you may have conflat...As your post went on it seems you may have conflated racial prejudice in police use of force and racial prejudice in policing as such. A case can be made for the jury still being out on the former; the latter, however, seems much more clear cut.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com