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[–] cat-facts ago
Blacks are about 2x to 2.5x as likely to be shot by police as whites but the actual crime statistics blow that out of the water. Blacks are ~8x as likely to commit murder, 7x as likely to spend time in jail. In theft, robbery, gun crimes etc. blacks massively overrepresent whites in representation based on population percentage.
Black criminals are still less likely to be shot by the police than white criminals. We know the names of all the black folks shot by police under suspect circumstances, but nobody knows the names of the last white or hispanic people that were shot by police.
The facts do no support the narrative BLM is pushing. Democrats are the media are using it to divide the country along racial lines for political and financial gain.