Police Killed At Least 378 Black Americans From The Moment Colin Kaepernick Protested

[Judi Lynn]

05/24/2018 08:06 pm ET

These Americans deserve to be more than another statistic.
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By Sebastian Murdock

When former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem in August 2016, it was in protest of unjust police killings of black Americans.

For his courage, Kaepernick lost his job, the NFL lost its mind by forbidding the peaceful action ― and meanwhile, at least 378 black Americans have lost their lives in police killings.

That most recent estimate of black police violence victims comes from data compiled by The Washington Post and analyzed by HuffPost.

Last August, HuffPost reported that based on the Post’s data, at least 223 black Americans had been killed by police gunfire in the year since Kaepernick first sat, then took a knee, to protest police violence. Less than a year later, that number has increased by at least 155 people.

More:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/police-killed-378-black-americans-colin-kaepernick_us_5b070160e4b07c4ea10655be

[RockRaven]

1. Any discussion of the new NFL policy that doesn't provide this context

is missing the elephant in the room.

[Igel]

2. Any article that doesn't provide context should be discussed.

This provides little. Perhaps 10% of those killed were black--which seems too few, unless whites were targeted.

How many were armed?

Lack of context means that you don't know how to understand the numbers. Numbers don't speak; they're marionettes.

Apart from "OMG!!" I have no idea how to interpret the numbers. Even to the point of whether "OMG!" is even appropriate.

[Judi Lynn]

3. The article refers to information published earlier by the Washington Post, which seems clear:

That most recent estimate of black police violence victims comes from data compiled by The Washington Post and analyzed by HuffPost.

Last August, HuffPost reported that based on the Post’s data, at least 223 black Americans had been killed by police gunfire in the year since Kaepernick first sat, then took a knee, to protest police violence. Less than a year later, that number has increased by at least 155 people.