Rex Kerr
Jul 10, 2023

This isn't the right article to make that comment on: the police in the U.S. kill white men at a higher rate than police kill people in any of the other countries Von Wright listed.

It's especially bad for black men in the U.S., but when it comes to overuse of violence in the U.S., everyone is in danger.

(Stats: https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/; the score for whites is ~20–25. For blacks it's ~50–60.)

In the United States, comprehensive criminal justice reform, starting with demilitarizing the outlook of police and emphasizing de-escalation measures instead, is an issue that ought to unite people across race.

Rex Kerr
Rex Kerr

Written by Rex Kerr

One who rejoices when everything is made as simple as possible, but no simpler. Sayer of things that may be wrong, but not so bad that they're not even wrong.

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