Leave it to South Park to come in for the win on this.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/09/south-park-colin-kaepernick-anthem-protest-nfl 

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I like it.. 👍

These guys are geniuses... can't wait to watch the episode...

Is that how Victor was conceived?

I heard Webster Hubbell was his father

If that's what it takes to understand statistics, maybe all your mothers should have been screwed sideways as well?

Victor, I think your math is fuzzy. You are only looking at total police killings by blacks or whites. Why aren't you including the variable of population percentage? Whites make up 63 percent of the country, blacks make up 12.3 percent of the country. The chance of an officer being shot by a black person is much higher when considering percentages as opposed to gross numbers alone.

Yes, you are correct. But blacks are more likely to be arrested (whether rightly or wrongly is not part of the discussion), therefore have more interactions for that to occur...

That I completely agree with. It would be another variable to include. Mathematically speaking these are complex equations and the raw data does not provide enough information to understand the problems.

Of course. My only point was to show the 18 officers killed per black man was both useless (as compared to whites that would likely be much higher) and probably wrong (as it didn't even closely jibe with the 2014 data I found)... In fact, it would be fear mongering data like that which leads to cops who are more afraid when interacting with black men and more likely to think they need to pull their gun and shoot, even if there is no reason (refer to guy in target with a toy gun, or kids with toy guns etc)

Ha! I got an A in statistics. It's BS'ing with numbers. 👍

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I got a "pass" in statistics but I didn't come away with BS'ing numbers
Victor is a threat here.

My statistics teacher was a stoner . He taught physics also . I got an A but he graded on a bong curve

Fun little vid going back to the OP.

"https://www.youtube.com/embed/qq0_nyWVXCI"

Statistically, I'm sure some were.

I got an A in Statics... does that count..?? 😕

Mine was a woman probability mathematician. All business and no nonsense, when asked about using her skills to win the state lottery, she turned stone faced and said, "This is what I think about the lottery." She took a dollar bill out of her purse, wadded it up, threw it in the trash can and went back to her lesson without a hitch.

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Why? Because he spent 5 minutes looking up numbers to refute Heather MacDonald's numbers who actually did the research instead of a google search?

I'm taking her word for it. If he wants to go dig through her research and refute it, he can take that up with her. I'm not interested.

http://www.dailywire.com/news/7264/5-statistics-you-need-know-about-cops-killing-aaron-bandler 

MACS... I looked up some numbers which would call hers into question. But I also pointed out that her numbers aren't even relevant in context.

Even if her number is accurate, you're smart enough to realize it isn't a number that is worth comparing. When someone protests the death of one race (whatever race) at the hands of law enforcement, just making a ratio of deaths to that race to deaths by that race is absolutely meaningless without another number to compare it to. When someone hands you a number like that your first reaction should be to ask "ok, is that number higher or lower than the other races, or than the national average across races"... Without that information the number is seriously meaningless... So yes, I question her numbers and her research, based on a quick look at the data you said she pulled it from it smells funny. But you're the one who chose to propagate a number which, even if it's correct, is absolutely meaningless. That's on you just as much as her.

Liars.
Damn Liars.
Statisticians.

In ascending order.

Just sayin.