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“Fatal police shootings of unarmed people have significantly declined, experts say” https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/fatal-police-shootings-of-una
by Joeri 6y ago
“Fatal police shootings of unarmed people have significantly declined, experts say”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/fatal-police-shootings-of-unarmed-people-have-significantly-declined-experts-say/2018/05/03/d5eab374-4349-11e8-8569-26fda6b404c7_story.html?fbclid=IwAR2MjduOM-Ak37IhlNLTogd74u43hjxSWHS7YEXU8ajcQAqPQ2HyjohNKbA https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/fatal-police-s...
However, the overall trend in police killings is flat.
https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/nationaltrends https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/nationaltrends
Interestingly:
“White Police Officers Are Not More Likely To Shoot Minority Suspects”
https://www.npr.org/2019/07/26/745731839/new-study-says-white-police-officers-are-not-more-likely-to-shoot-minority-suspe https://www.npr.org/2019/07/26/745731839/new-study-says-whit...
- nolsoniente 6y agoAnd you dont need to be black to get suffocated by police https://www.dallasnews.com/news/investigations/2019/07/31/you-re-gonna-kill-me-dallas-police-body-cam-footage-reveals-the-final-minutes-of-tony-timpa-s-life/ https://www.dallasnews.com/news/investigations/2019/07/31/yo...
- TeaDrunk 6y agoAccording to from what I understand fatal police shootings have declined in dense cities but have increased everywhere else.