Another Police Shooting; Another Day the News Feels Like It’s In Rerunshttps://t.co/ITzfXpVWTS pic.twitter.com/YAJSj0ozlW
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) July 7, 2016
Yup. And as usual the theme we see in the media is, “Racist cops.”
The WashPost database shows 990 people were shot dead by police in 2015; 93 were unarmed; 38 were black & unarmed. https://t.co/ITzfXpVWTS
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) July 7, 2016
Wait, people of all races have been shot while unarmed? Get outta here.
Out of the 505 people shot dead by police in 2016 so far, 37 were unarmed; 13 were black and unarmed.https://t.co/ITzfXpVWTS
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) July 7, 2016
But according to the media, police are just running around looking for unarmed black men to shoot.
In NYTimes, Roxanne Gay contends black lives have stopped mattering and “this brand of tragedy has become routine.”https://t.co/ITzfXpVWTS
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) July 7, 2016
It’s not the brand of tragedy that has become routine, but the rhetoric and messaging after the fact that has.
The "racist cops are shooting unarmed black men!" "No, they aren't!" debate feels very tired and predictable. https://t.co/ITzfXpVWTS
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) July 7, 2016
Tired, predictable and a go-to …
Can we move beyond the "the proves cops are racist!" and "Second-guessing is cop-bashing" arguments? https://t.co/ITzfXpVWTS
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) July 7, 2016
Sounds like Jim has heard these arguments before …
There are there are more than 900,000 law enforcement officers in the US. Obviously lots are good and some are bad.
https://t.co/ITzfXpVWTS— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) July 7, 2016
As with any field, a human being is the responsible party, not their profession.
And to Jim’s point, nearly a million police officers do their jobs every day without incident.
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