President Joe Biden delivered a commencement speech at Morehouse College, an all-male, historically black school in Atlanta. The America into which these graduating students now enter, according to Biden, reeks of "systemic racism" and "the poison of white supremacy."
Where do we start? George Floyd, a career criminal, was full of fentanyl and resisted arrest. There's no evidence Floyd's treatment had anything to do with his race. The lead prosecutor, a black man, in his opening statement, emphasized that police, in general, were not on trial, and that the Minneapolis Police Department was not on trial. He argued the officer defendant was on trial for his behavior. Nor was the officer charged with a hate crime. In fact, the prosecutor commended cops, most of whom he said behave lawfully under stressful circumstances.
"Black men are being killed in the street"? Biden implied black men are being mowed down by cops or by white supremacists or by a combination of both.
Policemag.com asked those who self-described as "very liberal" how many unarmed black men did the police kill in 2019. Fifty percent thought police killed 1,000 or more. Eight percent thought police killed 10,000 or more. What did those who self-described as "liberal" think? Thirty-nine percent thought the police killed 1,000 or more. Five percent thought the police killed 10,000 or more. The actual number, according to the Washington Post database, was 12. And the police kill more unarmed whites than unarmed blacks.
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