Yes, but they can be used out of context BY racists. Like now, when a conversation about unarmed black men being gunned down by trigger happy cops (a story which, in some form or another, has been more or less constant for the past three years and change) is deluged by irrelevant and misleading statistics desinged to…

By writing the paragraph before “Those are the facts,” the writer is providing context to his next statements, which basically outline how he felt as he was walking around trying to catch Pokemon.

You’re really bad at this. Right after the first paragraph he said those are facts because the first paragraph is facts. Then he starts his opinion piece...

I was wondering when people would start in with the overt racism thinly masked by numbers.

It’s not an investigative piece genius. It’s an op-ed piece about 1 person’s experiences and opinions. Do you need to do research about how you feel about something?

This is an opinion piece, more likely...

Youre underestimating how quickly old white people pick up the phone to call the cops

You are seriously underestimating what black people feel afraid of.