Stats on Police Shootings Don't End Debate about Bias

Stats on Police Shootings Don't End Debate about Bias
(AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Almost every argument I have seen against the idea that there is a systemic problem with policing and racial bias in this country cites statistics on police shootings and crime rates by race.

But the limitations of the shooting statistics become palpable — like a man’s neck — when we reflect that they are blind to the very case we are all talking about: George Floyd was not shot. Nor was Eric Garner.

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