1. An addendum to the excellent series of tweets from @jbouie on Joe Klein's black-on-black crimes essay.
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2. As mentioned earlier "black-on-black" crime is analytically dubious. https://storify.com/miniver/a-comment-on-black-on-black-crime …
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3. But for the sake of argument, let's accept the black-on-black crime paradigm. Crime rate has been going down for at least 2 decades.
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4. So, let's accept black-on-black paradigm: black-on-black crime has been dramatically going down. Cop-on-black crime seems on increase.
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5. It's the tension between decreasing black-on-black crime and increasing cop-on-black crime that is fueling popular rage and despair.
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6. Crime is real problem but note that black victims of these crimes who should be looking to police for protection often fear cops
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7. How much further does black-on-black crime rate have to drop before it is low enough for Joe Klein to talk about cop-on-black crime?
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