Recent FB posts by classmates (law school) saying they don't care that police are legally justified in the recent shootings, "LMPD is out of control", calling me mean names and hurting my feelings (sarcasm) etc, I decided to take a break from studying for my criminal procedure final to see what all the screeching was about

By the numbers, it doesn't look to me like there is a race/police problem.

Since 2010 LMPD has reported almost 8000 incidents of officers being assaulted. That's almost 3 officers a day "assaulted" by suspects, for 8 years.

In 2016, the FBI reported Louisville to have a population of nearly 685,000 people. Over 6500 violent crimes were reported (violent crime, rape, and robbery). There were over 84,000 crimes total according to LMPD.

There are no numbers on race, that I can find, for Louisville crimes, so I'll use the FBI 2016 national data. Roughly 70% of crimes committed by White, 27-30% by Black of African American.
Louisville's population is approximately 70% white and 22% Black or African American.

From 2011 to 2015 (that's 5 years) LMPD has 27 Officer Involved Shootings, with 40 officers involved, resulting in 7 lethal shootings of suspects (25%) , 2 self-inflicted, and 18 non-lethal shootings (67%). Of those 40 officers, 16 were a white officer shooting a black suspect (45%), 13 were a white officer shooting a white suspect (32.5%), 8 were a black officer shooting a black suspect (20%), and 1 black officer shooting a white suspect (2.5%). Out of 1235 sworn officers on the LMPD force as of 2018, approximately 83% are white and 12% are black.

So, you have the numbers more or less lining up. The only disparity I found is on a national level, where in race and crime as a whole. From the 2010 census 73.6% of the U.S. population was white and 12.6% was black of African American. Yet according to the FBI while roughly 70% of crimes were committed by white, the majority of the remaining 30% was by black. There can be several factors that would explain this, or there might be nothing significant.

Some quotes from the snowflakes that started my inquiry, for your entertainment. Just for reference, this is all pertaining to defending 4 criminals who shot at/threw knives at our local officers in the past month, who were subsequently shot when they attacked officers. She is a HUGE Black Lies Matter supporter and is always pestering me on FB when I post pro-gun or pro-police stuff. It finally got to where I can share some of the choice things that were said.

I pointed out that offended me, as they were magazines, and not clips. I was told I had no empathy for human life :/

Someone tried pointing out that it wasn't the law breaking that got the suspects shot, it was their attacking police. to which we get this gem

I can save you a lot of effort.  People who have their minds made up are often galvanized into believing their narrative, and no amount of sound, rigid evidence that contradicts that narrative will sway them in the least.  Working on convincing them that they are wrong is a fool's errand.

Would anyone consider an attempt to engage in a rational discussion with a member of the Westboro Baptist Church?  Because they employ the exact same intellectual contortions as the people you are conversing with.

For these people, there is simply no justification for anyone in uniform to use deadly physical force, ever.  The Officer's job is to die with his weapon holstered.

There is one exception, of course.  They will support Officers using deadly force to impose their own policies in an attempt to reshape society as *they* wish to see it, in the name of social justice.

Good post. It's not my only thought/take away but if you shoot even one round at me there is no amount of return fire that is excessive.

Shoot until the threat is over

Cops are supposed to protect the lives of violent criminals that are trying to kill the cop?  I don’t think so.

This pretty much sums it up.

They already hate cops, therefore no matter what cops are already guilty and criminals are innocent.    This won't change until they themselves are victims of crime - or until they can use cops as a personal army to wipe out those who they dislike.

Good post OP but....
You're trying to apply logic where none exists. Some people respond emotionally to situations which aren't. You commit a crime you go to jail one way or another. If you resist you get hurt, the degress of which is proportional to the resistance. You react by drawing a deadly weapon you're gonna get shot. There's no emotion, simply a response of lethal force against that force.

Some of these people are simply clueless and do not understand the dynamics of a lethal force encounter. Others are misguided by others with an agenda.

You honky motherfucker.

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Are they including Hispanic in those stats as being "white?"

Luckily, LMPD didn’t get any heat when the female officer shot the black guy hiding behind the mattress in the abandoned house.

Other than that, the other shootings have been very clear and justified. Most were handled as good as they could be and body camera showed it.

My little cousin was involved in the PRP shooting where the guy had a screwdriver.

“ the police confronted them, often with weapons drawn, which the police are legally entitled to do”

Well DUH.....when police arrive and confront with weapons drawn, they aren’t coming there for a fast draw contest like the old west. Since your classmates are such experts in law enforcement, I recommend that any or all put on a uniform and get some first hand experience. See what they say in a couple of years.

/Fin