With Trump’s recent attacks on the NFL for players kneeling during the national anthem, it’s a good time to evaluate the reasoning behind NFL players who kneel to protest police brutality. Unsurprisingly, with a little research, anyone could figure out that this idea of systemic racism in the police force is little more than a lie.
Sources
- Trump’s NFL comments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrW-GI_9IL8
- Kneeling now means protesting Trump, apparently - The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/09/25/cowboys-players-take-a-knee-with-owner-jerry-jones-before-standing-for-anthem/
- Colin Kaepernick’s comments - New York Post: http://nypost.com/2016/08/27/why-colin-kaepernicks-protesting-anthem-bodies-in-the-streets/
- Darren Wilson cleared by the DOJ - CBS News: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/darren-wilson-cleared-in-michael-brown-ferguson-killing-by-justice-department/
- CNN’s spin vs. unedited footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpvyOMG2aKg
- "Fatal Force" databases that provide statistics on fatal police encounters, 2015-2017 - The Washington Post:
- 2015: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/police-shootings/
- 2016: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/police-shootings-2016/
- 2017: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/police-shootings-2017/
- Crime by race and ethnicity - FBI: https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2015/crime-in-the-u.s.-2015/tables/table-43
- Law enforcement officers feloniously killed by race and sex of offender, 2004-2013 - FBI: https://ucr.fbi.gov/leoka/2013/tables/table_44_leos_fk_race_and_sex_of_known_offender_2004-2013.xls
- Black people disproportionately grow up in fatherless homes: http://www.fathers.com/statistics-and-research/the-extent-of-fatherlessness/
- Black people disproportionately participate in means-tested programs (p. 8): https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2015/demo/p70-141.pdf
- Black people with higher incomes still score low on the SAT: http://www.jbhe.com/latest/index012209_p.html
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