Police Killings by Race

people deserve politeness.I'm not convinced the police force in the US is that racist. The majority of crime is committed by Black people. Are the statistics racist? He seemed to be a polite police officer to me.The police kill more white people than black people. But you don't hear about the white ones, since they don't fit with the "scare the public" media agenda.Also check out the stats for murder - the number of blacks killed by whites - very small. W

If you read on it says "But also adjusted to take into account the racial breakdown in violent crime, the data actually show that police are less likely to kill black suspects than white ones".So the issue appears to be that black people are more likely to be involved in violent crime, perhaps due to poverty, gangs, etc.Accusing the police of being racist not only is not evidence based, but it's likely to inflame the situation. (See for example the recent shitshorm with Toro

It's more complex than that because not every black person is equally likely to have an encounter with the police. There are studies that suggest that if you control for encounters with the police, blacks are just as likely as whites to be killed by the police. Half of violent crimes in the US are also committed by blacks. This is definitely one of the consequences of the history of slavery and segregation. Nevertheless, given that blacks commit 50% of violent crimes, it should be expected

The reality is that as a white person, if I am sufficiently disrespectful to a police officer, I am liable to get beat severely or arrested. In a confrontation with the police, there is a chance that I might be unfairly killed. The issue with the race is that this happens at twice the rate to black people. The issue is NOT that it never happens to white people – is that the rate is disproportionate. My opinion is that police should never kill citizens by choice, and that the issue is really more

I don't think it is OK to kill anyone during a minor non-violent crime, I just think that if there were a significant number of police killing black people due to their race you would see it in the numbers.People shot to death by police in the US by race (technically not the same number as are killed, but should be close enough): https://w

Deaths are disproportionate because black Americans commit way, way more violent crime per capita than non-black Americans, your given is wrong.I've done a deep dive into the numbers. Murder rate data from the FBI has a large "unknown" category, so I'll handle that in a few ways for simplicity. Focusing on murders rather than other violent crime is the best thing to do because, while there may be a lot of ambiguity about what constitutes "assault", how often it&#

It's not so hard if the media didn't cherry pick examples for the purpose of enraging Americans. There's probably a lot to be legitimately upset about, but blacks are killed by police less frequently than victim-reported crime statistics predict. If the media gave proportional attention to white victims like Tony Timpa or Daniel Shaver, it wouldn't feel so much like police are targeting black citizens. Maybe we would be having a different conversation--"police are too br

"For every 10,000 black people arrested for violent crime, 3 are killedFor every 10,000 white people arrested for violent crime, 4 are killed"https://twitter.com/LeonydusJohnson/status/12674663458447400...Consider also that there are towns such as Jackson, Mississippi which have police departments that are >90% black [1] but still hav

Your premise doesn't hold up very well. For example, in a given year over 50% more white people are shot and killed by police than eg black people. There's a sizable population difference, which points to the obvious imbalance of abuse by police toward black people, however that's still an immense number of white people getting shot. It would be considered insane in almost any other country. You're underestimating the awareness of the problem by white people, they've not

Crime statistics are definitely skewed, and discrimination is a huge part of that. But the question is not whether black people are being killed at a higher rate due to discrimination, the question is whether black people are being killed at a higher rate because the police are targeting them due to their race. The answer to the former is definitely yes - due to a variety of factors including discrimination black people commit more violent crimes and as a result are killed by the police more fre