Toxic Empathy: How Progressives Exploit Christian Compassion

by Allie Beth Stuckey

It’s true that black people are disproportionately represented in the justice system. Though they comprise about 14.4 percent of the general population, they made up nearly 40 percent of the prison population[16] and about 26 percent of all arrests in 2019.[17] They are more likely than any other ethnicity to be involved in traffic stops and to be accused of reckless driving. They are also said to be more likely to be killed by the police than their white counterparts.[18] But it’s important to note that densely populated black communities are typically high in crime, and black men, while making up only 5 to 6 percent of the population, account for 40 percent of police officer killings.[19] No one is arguing that this justifies tragedies like Elijah’s. The point is that the more crime there is in a community, the more police interactions there are, and the greater the chances there are of a fatal interaction with the police.