Truck Load Rates Halt 8 Week Slide 2.0

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  1. Midwest Trucker

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    2019 numbers -
    Population: 375 million
    Arrests yearly: 10 million
    People killed by police in 2019: 1000
    Black people killed by police: 235
    Unarmed black people killed: 9

    On Memorial Day weekend in Chicago alone, 10 African-Americans were killed in drive-by shootings.

    2020 Corona supposed deaths: 100k+

    Makes total sense! Burn everything to the ground, ruin jobs and livelihoods, and kill more people in the process!

    source: Opinion | The Myth of Systemic Police Racism
     
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    You should’ve added that there were 19 white unarmed people killed by police as well as 13 of other ethnic backgrounds in 2019.

    Are there problems out there with racism, a few bad cops? Absolutely, but the stats don’t back up the narrative and agenda being pushed.
     
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    Oops. Wrong thread.
     
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    Yeah, Heather McDonald has the most definitive stats I've ever read on this reality. It doesn't seem to matter though.
     
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    In case anyone might be interested, one of my son's put this video together a few days ago. It illustrates the disconnect the young man I posted about earlier today.

     
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    Political thread
     
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    Feel free to share your current insights on freight rates as an owner operator then.
     
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