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NFL kneeling protests based on false claims and misleading media reports
FoxNews ^ | 21-Oct-2017 | By John R. Lott, Fox News

Posted on 10/21/2017 4:27:19 PM PDT by topher

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However, a study last year by Harvard Economics Professor Roland Fryer, who is black, concluded that for the Houston police department: “On the most extreme use of force – officer-involved shootings – we find no racial differences in either the raw data or when contextual factors are taken into account.” Unfortunately, he doesn’t have the race of the officer doing the shooting and the data for just one police department doesn’t allow the investigation of police policies.

Using four national databases of crime statistics representing confrontations between police and civilians in many parts of the U.S., the study did find that blacks were more likely than whites to be treated with some lower level of force by police during confrontations – such as being handcuffed, pushed to the ground or pepper-sprayed. That is a legitimate issue that merits further study. But it’s not the same as saying racist white cops are – to use Kaepernick’s inflammatory phrase – “getting away with murder” of African-Americans.

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KEYWORDS: blackprofessor; boycottnfl; cprc; harvardstudy
Some interesting data. But how good data reach FOOTBALL PLAYERS. They are not GEEKS.
1 posted on 10/21/2017 4:27:20 PM PDT by topher
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To: topher

They already know that. They want to be able to do whatever they want and be above the law. They’re not stupid.


2 posted on 10/21/2017 4:32:30 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: topher

NFL...No Fans Left. Toothpaste out of the tube.


3 posted on 10/21/2017 4:34:16 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever! It is offical, we are at war!)
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To: topher

hey Colin, here’s the deal. It’s 2 fold. 1st off having radical GF buzzing in your ear and dropping team from a Super Bowl to like 0-16 usually results in the QB being bumped down. I understand you are butt hurt but the fact is if you had anything, anything whatsoever to add to a team, trust me you would be signed but you do not have anything positive to add, sorry, bye


4 posted on 10/21/2017 4:35:56 PM PDT by Undecided 2012
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To: topher

The much more interesting data is the national data discussed further down in the piece.

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2870189&download=yes


5 posted on 10/21/2017 4:45:27 PM PDT by richardb72
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6 posted on 10/21/2017 4:45:27 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: topher

The kneeling is done by the usual punk b****es being punked. The entire point of the ‘protests’ is to force an elimination of policing in the ghettos so that the rapists, thieves, murderers and thugs can rule openly and without challenge.


7 posted on 10/21/2017 4:55:34 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: Grimmy

This is being stirred by the leftists that have been trying to start race wars for years.


8 posted on 10/21/2017 5:12:16 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: topher

Horse pucky.

The kneeling protests are primarily based on millionaire thugs who play a children’s game being pissed off that beating their wives or driving drunk or dealing drugs or stealing causes them to be arrested like anyone else.

The #Blacklivesmatter thing is purely a tool to seek a status of being above the law.


9 posted on 10/21/2017 5:43:23 PM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: topher

Bump


10 posted on 10/21/2017 6:21:17 PM PDT by foreverfree
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To: topher

Based on lies.


11 posted on 10/21/2017 7:28:43 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: topher

I don’t want it to reach the ballplayers. The country is a better place with them waiting tables, bagging groceries, or whatever it is washed-up ballplayers do.


12 posted on 10/21/2017 8:30:39 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: Undecided 2012

No joke. He’s being fired for being a screwup at work and acting like an idiot in front of customers, end of story. The only difference is that your brother-in-law only rallied 3 people on social media and his YouTube account when crying that he got screwed.


13 posted on 10/21/2017 8:37:23 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: ColdOne

Welcome to another Boycott NFL Sunday where we show our power and our resolve as we boycott the NFL haters!

Reminder—friends don’t let friends watch the NFL.

(Beautiful day here in New England, great day for any outdoor activity.)


14 posted on 10/22/2017 2:23:04 AM PDT by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

Please remove your response. First off, I have no BIL’s and never insinuated as such either.


15 posted on 10/22/2017 3:41:13 AM PDT by Undecided 2012
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