Crime
Let’s Look At The Actual Facts About The Alleged Racism of Police
The media help foster a narrative there is an epidemic of Caucasian police officers killing black Americans out of racist impulses. But is it really true?
By John R. Lott, Jr.
June 8, 2020
This past week, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was charged with the second-degree murder of George Floyd, a black man. Footage and photos of Floyd’s death launched protests and riots across the country. Despite there being no evidence yet that the officer was racist, it is simply assumed that racism motivated the Caucasian cop’s abusive actions.
Law enforcement officers can be careless or abusive without being racist. In Dallas, in 2016, a Caucasian man died after being arrested in the exact same way. The officers joked about the man being asleep, but he had died after pleading for help “more than 30 times.â€
On Fox News Sunday this past weekend, host Chris Wallace mentioned a handful of cases that he thought showed a racist pattern. He pointed to Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who was shot dead by a retired police officer in February while out jogging in Georgia. He also mentioned a recent disturbing incident in New York’s Central Park, where a Caucasian woman who was walking her dog called police to report that she was being threatened by “an African-American man.†The man simply told her that the law requires her to keep her dog on a leash.
It’s worth recalling that following the nationwide riots after the Michael Brown shooting, the “Hands up, don’t shoot†aspect of the story was revealed to be false.
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