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Originally Posted by MuseChaser

That's a question that does not deserve a yes or no answer, because it ignores some necessary facts. Let's ask "Why?" rather than "Is it OK?" Black people account for 13% of the population, but commit 53% of murders. Black males account for 6% of the population, but commit 45% of murders. Black people account for almost 40% of violent crimes, a rate almost five times that of white people when compared to total population percentages. in 2017, per 1000 violent crimes 2.9 white people were killed by police, while 1.5 black people were killed by police. ALL of these statistics are readily available, and most were taken directly from the FBI's crime statistics website. Black people are HALF as likely to be killed by police while committing a crime than white people. The reason so many more are killed by police is that, for whatever reasons (and I do NOT believe the reasons have anything to do with skin color or genetic makeup), black males commit a staggeringly higher number of violent crimes. Is it "OK?" Nothing is OK about any of this.

I didn't want to get involved in this topic, so all I'll add is that the quoted portion easily and specifically passes blame onto black people for these issues, and IMO that's incredibly wrong and (probably) offensive; I cannot say it's offensive to me as I'm not black, but I'd assume it would be.