I also was surprised by her statement. I checked with a friend who works in UK prisons and the officer's conduct is a big 'no no' amongst professionals over here. According to FBI data, US Police murdered approx 135 unarmed Blacks since 2015. The thing is about 43,000 blacks were murdered during that time, mainly by other blacks in US cities. 135 is bad but 43,000 is a number you never hear about. They are trying to police lethal urban warfare & tragic mistakes happen. But the 43,000 dead are never discussed - I simply don't understand why this is. If 43,000 white people were being murdered by other whites every five years you bet your ass it would be raised.

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Daytona Platinum
Daytona Platinum

Written by Daytona Platinum

Mature student of literature, politics, philosophy. I’ve edited and published some ‘bitesize’ Nietzsche on medium and am now studying Shelley.

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