Take, for example, a 2016 study of police violence.It was done by the Center for Policing Equity, a far left organization.
Both the summary and conclusion hemmed and hawed about irrelevant points, trying to suggest that police engage in wholesale violence against black Americans, an important Democrat voting bloc.
In neither the summary nor conclusion did it mention the most salient fact in the study, which was buried on the 19th page of the 29-page report.
Police are 42 percent less likely to use lethal force when arresting black people than when arresting whites.
(Hat tip to the Web site JustFacts for noticing the discrepancy.)
But there's more.
The dishonest liberal "study" also buried this: "...significant attention should be paid to additional situational factors in attempting to quantify and explain racial disparities in use of force. For instance, might racial disparities in the tendency to resist, flee, or disrespect officers be implicated in the observed differences?"
"Might"?
This is a sneaky, backhanded way of ducking the essential point:If you don't resist arrest, the chances of surviving an encounter with the police are virtually 100 percent!
Almost every cause celebre of the left has been a case where a black suspect resisted arrest by the police. Cases involving white suspects generally are ignored.What is the harm in complying with a lawful police order?
If you watch the popular reality show Cops you will see any number of people who want to try the case on the streets, rather than in the courts, by arguing rather than complying.
If is far easier, and safer, to follow orders, seek legal assistance and fight the charge in court, and also seek redress for the manner in which the case was handled if necessary.
But liberal schools and the media have hammered the notion into the minds of black Americans that they are oppressed and exploited and therefore have no responsibility to obey police commands.
What I'd like to see in the meantime, is an honest study that looks at cases where suspects are injured or killed and determines how many of them failed to comply or resisted.
