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SHALL WE DANCE: Part 2

From the New York Times this morning:  Since George Floyd’s death last May, dozens of states and local governments have   changed their laws   about police behavior. And yet police officers continue to kill about   three Americans each day   on average, nearly identical to the rate of police killings for as long as   statistics   exist. From  Allen J. Beck, Ph.D.,  Bureau of Justice Statitistics :   In 2018, based on data from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, black people were overrepresented among persons arrested for  nonfatal violent crimes (33%) and for serious nonfatal violent crimes (36%) relative to their representation  in the U.S. population (13%).   While police accountability is on trial throughout the nation, the fundamental problem of why Blacks commit crimes needs serious addressing.  Much of this has to do with family stability, education and economics.  Here is where government needs to place priorities for the long term.  Of course arguments can be mad