“More than a thousand people are killed each year by the police. Most are white. Most suffer from mental illness,” he wrote. “But I am not viewing the death that spawned this week’s events as a sign of an epidemic of racial violence. What I know of the country’s history tells me that we are doing better than ever on race. There are no slaves. Jim Crow is dead.”
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Summary
- “More than a thousand people are killed each year by the police.
- Most are white.
- Most suffer from mental illness,” he wrote.
- “But I am not viewing the death that spawned this week’s events as a sign of an epidemic of racial violence.
- What I know of the country’s history tells me that we are doing better than ever on race.
