For shot it Depends on the numbers you plug in. Because...
User Cynykl, in the PeterExplainsTheJoke subreddit,
For shot it Depends on the numbers you plug in. Because estimated shots per year are generally a range instead of a number. …
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>Can you show me any statistics or factual data to back...
User BobLeSpunch, in the LivestreamFail subreddit,
>Can you show me any statistics or factual data to back this up? Sure I can. Is the source that you provided not good enough…
> but the "system" is not. how did you even come to that...
User Kalean, in the /r/Technology subreddit,
> but the "system" is not. how did you even come to that conclusion? I notice you didn't answer my question. I'm going to…
https://mappingpoliceviolence.us/?hl=en-US...
User FatElk, in the GenZ subreddit,
https://mappingpoliceviolence.us/?hl=en-US https://peabodyawards.com/fatalforce/?hl=en-US https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles…
What? Mixed support means systemic racism does exist. Even...
User EvolutionDude, in the News subreddit,
What? Mixed support means systemic racism does exist. Even if systemic racism is only found in a few instances, it still exists.
Not one blm person says black lives matter more than anyone...
User ExplosiveDiarrhetic, in the daddit subreddit,
Not one blm person says black lives matter more than anyone else. They’re all basically saying that if lives were a bunch of…
By total numbers yes, but not by rate. Blacks are killed at...
User BohemondIV, in the The darkest recesses of humanity subreddit,
By total numbers yes, but not by rate. Blacks are killed at a higher rate than whites by police. >On average, there were…
[https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journa...
User GrassBlade619, in the technicallythetruth subreddit,
[https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0229686](https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371…
Because there is an overwhelming disparity between how...
User forgotpass67, in the Whatifalthist subreddit,
Because there is an overwhelming disparity between how whites are treated vs Blacks by the US police and judicial systems [2013-2…
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/blacks-wh...
User LaLaLaLink, in the vegas subreddit,
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/blacks-whites-police-deaths-disparity/ https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/0…
No it's not. Black people are 3.23 times more likely to be...
User arrogancygames, in the Whatifalthist subreddit,
No it's not. Black people are 3.23 times more likely to be shot by police. Citation - Harvard study linked here: https://journa…
Who said anything about riots? Where did that come from?...
User gantoline1985, in the PublicFreakout subreddit,
Who said anything about riots? Where did that come from? You're asking me for proof when I literally provided a list of…
As a democratic socialist, I would argue that the issues...
User Kaitlyn_The_Magnif, in the TrueUnpopularOpinion subreddit,
As a democratic socialist, I would argue that the issues you've mentioned are not moral panics, but rather serious social…
I was just relaying what Institutional Racism Meant. But...
User bigred9310, in the Teachers subreddit,
I was just relaying what Institutional Racism Meant. But it’s no secret that in Some Jurisdictions Police resort to deadly…
Here's your study, yeah?...
User Solar_Piglet, in the Boston, MA subreddit,
Here's your study, yeah? https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0229686 Now do ctrl + f. Oh but in…
> It Link to the article please, I can't find it in...
User Solar_Piglet, in the Boston, MA subreddit,
> It is. Link to the article please, I can't find it in our exchange so far. Edit: I found it. https://journals.plos.org/plos…
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/two-thirds-of-blac...
User deferredmomentum, in the insaneparents subreddit,
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/two-thirds-of-black-americans-dont-trust-the-police-to-treat-them-equally-most-white-am…
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...
User HuudaHarkiten, in the Politics subreddit,
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0229686
[Black Americans are 3.23 times more likely than white...
User GivingRedditAChance, in the Politics subreddit,
[Black Americans are 3.23 times more likely than white Americans to be killed by police](https://journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…
You could use per crime commited, or per crime convicted,...
User pedrito77, in the changemyview subreddit,
You could use per crime commited, or per crime convicted, so there is no skewed data, only convictions: [https://journals.plos.o…
African Americans are [3 times...
User texasdeafdogs, in the News subreddit,
African Americans are [3 times ](https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0229686) more likely to be…
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jun/11/black-deaths...
User Gerbilpapa, in the UK Politics subreddit,
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jun/11/black-deaths-in-police-custody-the-tip-of-an-iceberg-of-racist-treatment …
First of all yes they are, second that's a stupid metric...
User seatown2nyc, in the nextfuckinglevel subreddit,
First of all yes they are, second that's a stupid metric anyway because police solely decide whether there's an "encounter" and…
Did you even read your own source? "Blacks have high arrest...
User hmmwill, in the changemyview subreddit,
Did you even read your own source? "Blacks have high arrest and stop rates,43 ,44 and per capita are much more likely than…
Sure. I have included the links below that were just some...
User Ebishop813, in the Sam Harris subreddit,
Sure. I have included the links below that were just some of the articles that changed my mind. To be clear, my mind changed…
It's not my blanket call, the...
User SophosMoros7, in the Visitors Welcome subreddit,
It's not my blanket call, the [data](https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0229686) shows that…
Quite literally, as I have said before, google is your...
User HeldnarRommar, in the A Boring Dystopia subreddit,
Quite literally, as I have said before, google is your friend. https://www.vera.org/downloads/publications/for-the-record-unjus…
Dawg, that’s just as anecdotal. If you think that white kid...
User DeaconSage, in the ThatsInsane subreddit,
Dawg, that’s just as anecdotal. If you think that white kid got shot for being white then honestly I don’t know what to tell you.
[Black people are six times more likely to be killed by...
User OccAzzO, in the PoliticalCompass subreddit,
[Black people are six times more likely to be killed by police](https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone…
That paper even notes its own serious >...
User DuckQueue, in the r/PoliticalHumor 2025: DiD YOu eVEn sAY "ThaNK YoU?" subreddit,
That paper even notes its own serious limitations: > Our results have several important caveats. First, all but one dataset…
Yes, we do. It's a Harvard study of arrests from a period...
User Thompson_S_Sweetback, in the PoliticalCompassMemes subreddit,
Yes, we do. It's a Harvard study of arrests from a period of 7 years in the early 2000s, which finds that even when you account…
[https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journa...
User Hokulol, in the trashy subreddit,
[https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0229686#sec008](https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=1…
But it’s not “reality”. Neither of those sources support...
User dopalesque, in the Residency subreddit,
But it’s not “reality”. Neither of those sources support your claim that there are cities where 95% of all violent situations…
I see dipshits like you spouting this kind of bullshit all...
User Little-Jim, in the PoliticalCompassMemes subreddit,
I see dipshits like you spouting this kind of bullshit all time time on here, and normally I just laugh in your face and walk…
> On average, there were large racial/ethnic inequities...
User Flashdancer405, in the New Jersey subreddit,
> On average, there were large racial/ethnic inequities in the rates at which White and Black people were killed during police…
That's a spectacular level of ignorance. The odds that a...
User Moose92411, in the Healthygamergg subreddit,
That's a spectacular level of ignorance. The odds that a black man is going to be shot, assaulted, or jailed during a routine…
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...
User dubblies, in the Politics subreddit,
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0229686
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-...
User bastardo_genial, in the StupIDPol - Marxist critique of identity politics subreddit,
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-2018/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-6.xls edit: keep in mind…
>That's not true, is it? There are lots of "positive"...
User [deleted], in the Politics subreddit,
>That's not true, is it? There are lots of "positive" discrimination policies in effect. Ridiculous take. I assume you're…
Nope. Statistics show otherwise:...
User realgeneral_memeous, in the OT_Memes subreddit,
Nope. Statistics show otherwise: https://www.pnas.org/content/116/34/16793 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371…
> Just off the top of my head, possibly comparing black...
User AffectionateTitle, in the NoStupidQuestions subreddit,
> Just off the top of my head, possibly comparing black people that live in Portland and ones living in, I don’t know, Detroit?
You: “People in the sub are all about ACAB for no...
User NotAChoreBoyAlt, in the PublicFreakout subreddit,
You: “People in the sub are all about ACAB for no discernible reason.” u/BananBanah: “Maybe you don’t see **the vast majority…
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...
User aRunOfTheMillGoblin, in the Jordan Peterson: Descensus ad inferos subreddit,
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0229686
​ >I doubt you know very much about the...
User [deleted], in the PoliticalCompassMemes subreddit,
​ >I doubt you know very much about the Democrats. Well, where does that doubt about my knowledge regarding the…
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2020/09/poverty-rates...
User slightly-cute-boy, in the unpopularopinion subreddit,
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2020/09/poverty-rates-for-blacks-and-hispanics-reached-historic-lows-in-2019.html https:…
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/figures?id=10.1371...
User [deleted], in the Concepts of a Plan for Neoliberalism subreddit,
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/figures?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0229686 The fuck is up with the West Coast? Why is…
Ok I misunderstood your point, and maybe you slightly...
User Swoopscooter, in the ShitRConservativeSays subreddit,
Ok I misunderstood your point, and maybe you slightly misunderstood mine from OP. I'm not suggesting BLM needs to be promoted…
>I'm not talking about the neo-Nazis and the white...
User CptDecaf, in the therewasanattempt subreddit,
>I'm not talking about the neo-Nazis and the white…
Easy. Here's about 2 minutes on google...These are just...
User Rezzone, in the Unexpected subreddit,
Easy. Here's about 2 minutes on google...These are just picked from the list. Feel free to discuss methodology if you want to…
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...
User [deleted], in the trashy subreddit,
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0229686 Pretty simple. Black people don't commit 650X more…
Are Black people more likely to be shot by the police?
User Wild_Aioli, in the AskConservatives subreddit,
TL;DR. the [race...
User No_Conflation, in the conspiracy subreddit,
TL;DR. the [race study](https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0229686) was cool though. Same…
Please link me your data. Is it adjusted for population...
User FeliciaFailure, in the Ask Reddit... subreddit,
Please link me your data. Is it adjusted for population (ie. what % of the black vs white populations, rather than raw numbers)?
Maybe read the previous posts. Police stop black people at...
User plantsplanspans, in the Ask Reddit... subreddit,
Maybe read the previous posts. Police stop black people at a rate of 11 to 1 to white people but don't make arrests or give…
Look at you doing the exact same thing again (After...
User sorta-okay-susanoo, in the Jordan Peterson: Descensus ad inferos subreddit,
Look at you doing the exact same thing again (After deleting another comment thread). Again, writing for length isn’t…
You made the first claim. If I was more spiteful, I’d...
User BigScenarios, in the World News subreddit,
You made the first claim. If I was more spiteful, I’d demand you provide your sources first. But since I’d rather be right… …
> Yes black neighborhoods are So you want...
User BrewBrewBrewTheDeck, in the Uplifting News subreddit,
> Yes black neighborhoods are…
[There were ~19,000 murders in 2020 according to the...
User labouts, in the MadeMeSmile subreddit,
[There were ~19,000 murders in 2020 according to the CDC](https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htm) [Police killed ~1000…
Take your pick. I’ve never seen a mainstream argument for...
User Rusty_CG, in the insaneparents subreddit,
Take your pick. I’ve never seen a mainstream argument for racial disparities in police-related deaths that doesn’t simply use…
>Black Americans are 3.23 times more likely than white...
User MrSweetstache, in the AskConservatives subreddit,
>Black Americans are 3.23 times more likely than white Americans to be killed by police, according to a new [study](https://journ…
Source it then. I will happily source my claim....
User yearofthehorze, in the TikTokCringe subreddit,
Source it then. I will happily source my claim. [Here](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/do-police-kill-more-whites-than-black-pe…
So long as they work with BLM for the cause of restricting...
User Lasherz12, in the MurderedByWords subreddit,
So long as they work with BLM for the cause of restricting police ability to kill us without repercussions you could call it…
Numerically yes, as whites are the numeric majority, but...
User Newgeta, in the PublicFreakout subreddit,
Numerically yes, as whites are the numeric majority, but when you look at percentage rates.... Black Americans are 3.23 times…
>Ok, I’ll keep this simple with a summary for you, it...
User stewmangroup, in the News subreddit,
>Ok, I’ll keep this simple with a summary for you, it won’t sink in because you’ve been brainwashed and indoctrinated - …
[Black men are 2.5 times more likely than white men to be...
User MonachopsisWriter, in the News subreddit,
[Black men are 2.5 times more likely than white men to be killed by police during their lifetime](https://www.nature.com/articles…
I can assume - and since your response wasn't "actually I...
User [deleted], in the changemyview subreddit,
I can assume - and since your response wasn't "actually I am black" we can all assume, you aren't. Secondly no they aren't, you…
**Sources:** [Time...
User Kaymicah, in the Christianity subreddit,
**Sources:** [Time Article](https://time.com/5886348/report-peaceful-protests/), [Study](https://acleddata.com/2020/09/03/demonst…
Unfortunately, the post's premise that there were *any*...
User Aska_Feld, in the Sadly, this is not the Onion. subreddit,
Unfortunately, the post's premise that there were *any* days in 2020 without an incident of fatal police violence appears to be…
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...
User HairyRaccoon, in the The darkest recesses of humanity subreddit,
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0229686
Do you have a links to that material? The first two, the...
User tazebot, in the TwinCities subreddit,
Do you have a links to that material? The first two, the sixth and seventh don't really back up the assertion that black…
Your data is wrong and or looking at it skewed. Of course...
User MojoJsyn, in the r/PoliticalHumor 2025: DiD YOu eVEn sAY "ThaNK YoU?" subreddit,
Your data is wrong and or looking at it skewed. Of course white people are going to be killed more than any other race as there…
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...
User Actavis_Prometh, in the averageredditor subreddit,
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0229686 Who said anything about BLM? Here’s a study by…
That’s quite some deflection — definitely does not negate...
User andro-femme, in the World News subreddit,
That’s quite some deflection — definitely does not negate the points I made. Also, did you pull those percentages out of your…
The data is from around the time the movement started...
User mab1376, in the longisland subreddit,
The data is from around the time the movement started showing that starting the movement was hypocritical. Here is more…
Those are two articles. Neither of them actually even...
User Ashencloud, in the truenews subreddit,
Those are two articles. Neither of them actually even explain the study. That hints to me that you didn't actually read the…
I don't deny that there are people out there who will think...
User _Fruit_Loops_, in the SocialJusticeInAction subreddit,
I don't deny that there are people out there who will think you're making this up because you're white and he was black. Those…
>Well statistics on police shootings would indicate that...
User B4SSF4C3, in the Restore Sanity in Politics! subreddit,
>Well statistics on police shootings would indicate that black people arent being disproportionately killed. Entirely…
>Black Americans are 3.23 times more likely than white...
User corporatewazzack, in the Politics subreddit,
>Black Americans are 3.23 times more likely than white Americans to be killed by police, according to a new [study](https://journ…
You could have taken the 10 seconds to google the myriad of...
User BrainlessPhD, in the News subreddit,
You could have taken the 10 seconds to google the myriad of studies on this topic, but here you go. This is probably the one…
Definitely an interesting read but 2 studies are not enough...
User GermansTookMyBike, in the Politics subreddit,
Definitely an interesting read but 2 studies are not enough to dispute the countless studies that do claim black people are…
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...
User JuRaGo_, in the Bad_Cop_No_Donut subreddit,
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0229686 > On average, there were large racial/ethnic…
[This...
User JuRaGo_, in the SocialistRA subreddit,
[This study](https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0229686) found that **"on average, there were…
In [this...
User blueeyes9899, in the dankmemes subreddit,
In [this article](https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0229686) data shows that police kill…
According to one study, A police encounter is 3 times as...
User DennisJay, in the explainlikeimfive subreddit,
According to one study, A police encounter is 3 times as likely to end in fatality when the person is black nationally and in…
I really haven't seen anything saying that wants every...
User blueeyes9899, in the dankmemes subreddit,
I really haven't seen anything saying that wants every black person to be afraid of the police, it's kind of hard to believe…
>highest Gonna need a source on that one. [This...
User SargeantSasquatch, in the SubredditDrama subreddit,
>highest…
Shouldn't we then look at which race has higher rates of...
User [deleted], in the SelfAwarewolves subreddit,
Shouldn't we then look at which race has higher rates of encounters with police officers? "Of the included 5494…
https://theintercept.com/2020/07/15/george-floyd-protests-po...
User Ccomfo1028, in the ActualPublicFreakouts subreddit,
https://theintercept.com/2020/07/15/george-floyd-protests-police-far-right-antifa/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mprnews.org…
[here's a cool research study about "whitening...
User chaofan_fan, in the Philippines - all about the Philippines subreddit,
[here's a cool research study about "whitening resumes"](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/298795100_Whitened_Resumes_Race…
Can you please provide your source (peer Here...
User atehrani, in the funny subreddit,
Can you please provide your source (peer reviewed)? Here is another peer reviewed paper [https://journals.plos.org/plosone/artic…
Genuinely curious what you think about studies like this...
User anton-zip, in the Republican subreddit,
Genuinely curious what you think about studies like this one though? It says they are 3x more likely to be killed by police…
You are looking at a press release, which misleadingly...
User TankAttack, in the Sam Harris subreddit,
You are looking at a press release, which misleadingly claims the 3.23x per encounter difference. I read the paper itself at…
> But you saying that the most blatant way that that...
User ndcj12, in the NFL: National Football League Discussion subreddit,
> But you saying that the most blatant way that that racism manifests itself is in increased violence by police against black…
Well, of course, because there are more whites in the...
User [deleted], in the Reddit Sports subreddit,
Well, of course, because there are more whites in the country. What are you trying to say here? Do you really think the total…
Yeah, the title is misleading. You can read [the study...
User whoguardsthegods, in the Concepts of a Plan for Neoliberalism subreddit,
Yeah, the title is misleading. You can read [the study here](https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.02…
are we just coutning killing? because excessive force and...
User zorrobaker176, in the News subreddit,
are we just coutning killing? because excessive force and violence without killing is also extrmely common, so do you only…
> Give me a fucking break. It's a study from It's...
User whyd_I_laugh_at_that, in the r/PoliticalHumor 2025: DiD YOu eVEn sAY "ThaNK YoU?" subreddit,
> Give me a fucking break. It's a study from Yale. It's a "study from Yale" the same way a Community College student's term…
https://twitter.com/ShannonSharpe/status/1299427348211625984...
User third_derivative, in the NFL: National Football League Discussion subreddit,
https://twitter.com/ShannonSharpe/status/1299427348211625984 Breonna Taylor was sleeping when police barged down her door…
Here is one example of systemic racism from a recent...
User _thisisforposting, in the changemyview subreddit,
Here is one example of systemic racism from a recent Harvard study: [https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal…
You're correct, the actual number is 3.23 times more...
User zappa_frank, in the r/PoliticalHumor 2025: DiD YOu eVEn sAY "ThaNK YoU?" subreddit,
You're correct, the actual number is 3.23 times more likely. *"Across all MSAs, Black people were 3.23 times more likely to…
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