> This sort of comparison is unacceptable. For one thing, "committing a crime" is insufficent justification for onsite execution by a police officer.
Nobody said it is. Every police killing is unique and justified or unjustified based on the particular circumstances.
> For another thing, the table you linked is arrests -- not convictions, not even charges filed.
Suppose you are about to arrest someone who presumably committed a homicide that carries a severe sentence, are you going to take any chances? Suppose you were to be arrested for that crime, are you not likely to use any means necessary to avoid getting arrested? Under these circumstances, the chances of a lethal altercation rise dramatically.
Therefore, whichever population cohort commits more homicides is going to skew its share of police killings upwards. African-Americans accounted for 52% of homicide convictions:
Nobody said it is. Every police killing is unique and justified or unjustified based on the particular circumstances.
> For another thing, the table you linked is arrests -- not convictions, not even charges filed.
Suppose you are about to arrest someone who presumably committed a homicide that carries a severe sentence, are you going to take any chances? Suppose you were to be arrested for that crime, are you not likely to use any means necessary to avoid getting arrested? Under these circumstances, the chances of a lethal altercation rise dramatically.
Therefore, whichever population cohort commits more homicides is going to skew its share of police killings upwards. African-Americans accounted for 52% of homicide convictions:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_crime_in_the_United_S...