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Originally Posted by Pierre
Good stat, and that does show a disparity. If the arrest rate for Black was high and conviction rate high, that would suggest the arrest rate is justified.
But as it is the conviction rate is lower than for white, which suggests the arrest rate per 1000 is possibly disproportionately high?
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Black U.K. citizens are not in fear of their life from the U.K. police.
They may be pissed off with Thevpolice, and feel oppressed, targeted even. But their “lives” are not In danger. Therefore there is no correlation with USA movement. It is not valid
Their lives are more in danger from others in their community, they should protest about that.
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Black lives matter is not about fear of being killed by the police.It is about police brutality (which has led to deaths) and systemic racism. Why an intelligent person such as yourself is getting hung up on the name rather than focusing on the issue is beyond me.
And who are you to say a) what black people feel ? B) decide what black People should protest about ?
The most recent statistics from the Home Office and Ministry of Justice show:
In 2018-19, black people were more than nine times as likely to be stopped and searched by police as white people.
They were over three times as likely to be arrested as white people.
They were more than five times as likely to have force used against them by police as white people. of course the question is was it justified?