Non-NBA Boycott discussion
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Agree I'm not sure what the ask is in connection with the boycott and it seems unlikely it's anything that can be enacted in a short term, even if everyone agreed to it, which they probably won't. If it's about standing up and being heard, I understand and support that effort.
There is a larger issue though that everyone has to to grapple with. Police shootings of unarmed suspects hasn't changed much in the past five years. Stats show there are about 10 million arrests annually in America (roughly). Of those arrests about 1,000 end up in a shooting by police. Of those shootings about 50-60 involve unarmed suspects and less than half of those shootings involve African Americans.
There is a larger issue though that everyone has to to grapple with. Police shootings of unarmed suspects hasn't changed much in the past five years. Stats show there are about 10 million arrests annually in America (roughly). Of those arrests about 1,000 end up in a shooting by police. Of those shootings about 50-60 involve unarmed suspects and less than half of those shootings involve African Americans.
If it's not, then there are more shootings of unarmed African Americans than there should be.
Plus, this is not just about unarmed shootings. African Americans are far more likely to be pulled over and searched than anyone else, even though more contraband is found with white drivers than black.
None of this stuff is new. Riots in the 1960s were all about this type of uneven treatment from every level of the judicial system.
This is the stuff that needs to change:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZFZ...27sUniteNow%21