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posted by n1 on Thursday August 04 2016, @01:29AM   Printer-friendly
from the status:-it's-complicated dept.

Facebook temporarily disabled the social media accounts of a woman who was posting video of her own standoff negotiations with the police:

Baltimore police shot and killed Korryn Gaines, a 23-year-old black woman, after an hourslong standoff on Monday — during which Facebook and Instagram, at police request, temporarily shut down Gaines' accounts. [...] Police Chief Jim Johnson says Gaines was posting video of the standoff to social media as it was unfolding, which prompted police to request the deactivation of her accounts. Gaines' Facebook page is now reactivated; it does not have any videos visible to the public. On Instagram, one video apparently recorded during the standoff remains. [...] A second video, now deleted, showed a police officer with a gun drawn at Gaines' door. Facebook and Instagram have not responded to NPR's requests for comment.

[...] "Gaines was posting video of the operation as it unfolded. Followers were encouraging her not to comply with negotiators' requests that she surrender peacefully," he said. "Clearly, you can see this was an exigent circumstance where life and serious injury were in jeopardy." After a short period of time, Facebook (which owns Instagram) complied and deactivated the accounts. No data was deleted, Johnson said. Police do not have the authority to directly deactivate a social media account, Johnson and the spokeswoman both said. Facebook decides whether to comply with such requests.


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  • (Score: 2) by jdavidb on Thursday August 04 2016, @04:14AM

    by jdavidb (5690) on Thursday August 04 2016, @04:14AM (#383924) Homepage Journal
    Have you got a source on that? I haven't read anything; just curious.
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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday August 04 2016, @11:29AM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday August 04 2016, @11:29AM (#384016) Homepage Journal

    No, that's math of my own from disparate sources. I had to do it myself because nobody else is willing to say it apparently.

    Source one and source two combine to tell us black people are roughly ~2.4x as likely to be arrested in any given year. Prison populations tell another story but we're talking arrests here.
    Source one and source three combine to tell us that white people are ~1.27x more likely to be shot during an attempted arrest than if they were black.

    As always, feel free to check my math.

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    1) https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2013/crime-in-the-u.s.-2013/tables/table-43 [fbi.gov]
    2) https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/ [census.gov]
    3) https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/07/18/police-shootings-and-race/ [washingtonpost.com]

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    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by butthurt on Thursday August 04 2016, @12:58PM

      by butthurt (6141) on Thursday August 04 2016, @12:58PM (#384040) Journal

      Thank you for answering. However, I see you've made a mistake. From source (3), in 2015

      whites made up 50 percent of the 987 fatal police shootings, and blacks, 26 percent

      From source (1), in 2013

      100%*2549655 blacks arrested/9014635 total arrests = 28.3%
      100%*6214197 whites arrested/9014635 total arrests = 68.9%

      Hmm, 26% is slightly less than 28.3%. However 50% is substantially less than 68.9%. Being either black or white might, I speculate, have a protective effect against police homicide--more markedly so if one is white. Let's quantify it.

      50% white * 987 shootings = 494 whites shot dead
      26% black * 987 shootings = 257 blacks shot dead

      Combining the homicide statistics from 2015 with the arrest statistics from 2013,

      257 blacks shot dead/2549655 blacks arrested = 10 deaths/100000 arrests
      494 whites shot dead/6214197 whites arrested = 7.9 deaths/100000 arrests

      These are in the ratio 10/7.9 = 1.27

      That's the same number you arrived at. However, black and white are reversed. Your second statement, corrected:

      Source one and source three combine to tell us that w̶h̶i̶t̶e̶ black people are ~1.27x more likely to be shot during an attempted arrest than if they were b̶l̶a̶c̶k̶ white.

      • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday August 04 2016, @02:04PM

        by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday August 04 2016, @02:04PM (#384058) Homepage Journal

        It's possible you're correct. My daily window of brain usefulness is almost over though so I'll have to check tomorrow.

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      • (Score: 2) by t-3 on Thursday August 04 2016, @11:23PM

        by t-3 (4907) on Thursday August 04 2016, @11:23PM (#384303)

        It should also be noted that the white population of the US is several times larger than the black population... There is a definite racial factor to quantity of arrests/police contact and shootings.