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Here are three right-wing arguments on race and policing that every leftist should know how to dismiss, especially now:Permalink On twitter.com
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1. "What about black on black crime?" US neighborhoods are still ethnically homogenous, so most crime is interracial. This is a bit like denying the holocaust because the Nazis killed more Soviets than Jews in absolute numbers.Permalink On twitter.com
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2. 13/50 The study this refers to doesn't say black people commit 50% of the crime. It says black people make up 50% of the arrests. Black people are more likely to be arrested for the same crime and more likely to receive worse punishments. If anything this proves our pointOn twitter.com
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3. Black people commit more crime so of course the police kill them more. Actually, crime rates among black and white neighborhoods of similar wealth are comparable. Reducing poverty has the same effect on crime rates in both white and black neighborhoodsPermalink On twitter.com
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I can source these if you'd likePermalink On twitter.com