Specious Arguments In American History
By The National Review wonders why the shooting of Michael Brown is getting disproportionate attention:
“While I understand the people are concerned about the use of deadly force by the police, by far — about 50 to 1 — more blacks in St. Louis are killed by other blacks as compared to white police officers,” Klinger told KMOX-TV.
Meanwhile, 98 percent of black murders go virtually unremarked. Where are the angry crowds demanding justice for blacks such as these, who were wiped out in St. Louis by other blacks in recent memory?
Yes, it’s a real puzzle! Scocca beat me to the shorter:
"Where are the angry crowds demanding justice" the National Review asks, followed by a list of slayings where perps have been charged.
— Tom Scocca (@tomscocca) December 1, 2014
The best part is that Murdock doesn’t even hide the fact that the cases he cites involves people who were actually indicted. NRO presumably believes that it’s impossible to insult the intelligence of its core readership, and in fairness they’re almost certainly correct.