Anecdotes, rather than statistical analysis, fuel America’s debate around policing, FBI Director James Comey pointed out during a House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday.
Comey argued that the United States does not have enough information about police use of force against black people to have an intelligent discussion about it.
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“All of those conversations are uninformed today. They are all driven by anecdotes because as a country, we simply don’t have the information to know: Do we have an epidemic of violence directed by law enforcement against black folks? Do we have an epidemic involving brown folks, white folks? We just don’t know. And in the absence of that data, we’re driven entirely by anecdotes. And that’s a very bad place to be,” Comey said to the committee.
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