Data Undercuts Myth of ‘Racism’ in Police Killings
By RealClearWire
April 23, 2021 at 4:30pm
By John R. Lott Jr. for RealClearPolitics
President Biden claimed that Derek Chauvin’s conviction on Tuesday “ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see the systemic racism” of police.
With the police shooting that same day of 16-year-old girl in Columbus, Ohio, the White House again pushed the racism claim, noting that this was just another example of how “police violence disproportionately impacts Black and Latino people.”
But where is the evidence for these claims?
In Chauvin’s trial, the prosecution never once mentioned evidence that the now-former officer is racist.
A day after the verdict, the Biden administration announced plans for a pattern-or-practice investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department to determine if there is such racism, but the administration’s comments sure sound as if they have already determined the study’s outcome.
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