US police three times as likely to use force against leftwing protesters, data finds

[Charlemagne]

US police three times as likely to use force against leftwing protesters, data finds

Law enforcement responses to more than 13,000 protests show a clear disparity in responses, new statistics show

www.theguardian.com

 

[Frankfooter]

Which explains a good chunk of the 'violence' at BLM protests.

 

[Valcazar]

Which explains a good chunk of the 'violence' at BLM protests.

Violence tends to go up when the police get involved.

 

[mandrill]

Violence tends to go up when the police get involved.

Well.... You could say that the cops are only involved when things are about to get out of hand as well. So the argument is circular.

 

[Valcazar]

Well.... You could say that the cops are only involved when things are about to get out of hand as well. So the argument is circular.

You could but it wouldn't be right. If I remember the literature correctly, the evidence tends to support that the Police coming out with a force presence is the major factor. If they come looking for trouble, they will find it.

 

[Frankfooter]

You could but it wouldn't be right. If I remember the literature correctly, the evidence tends to support that the Police coming out with a force presence is the major factor. If they come looking for trouble, they will find it.

Agreed.

 

[fall]

As usual, the devil is in details: in this case in who and how categorised protest into violent and non-violent. The article states that 93% of BLM was non-violent and I am having hard time believing in this number without additional information on how the distinction has been made.

 

[Frankfooter]

As usual, the devil is in details: in this case in who and how categorised protest into violent and non-violent. The article states that 93% of BLM was non-violent and I am having hard time believing in this number without additional information on how the distinction has been made.

Then its up to you to prove those numbers are wrong.
Contact went so far as to find a different study but it said 94% were peaceful.
So that's 2 for 2.

 

[y2kmark]

1/20/21 could even things up a little...