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This isn't true. Each year about 25% of people killed by cops in the US are Black, while Black people only make up 13% of the US population. The amount of peopl
by antoncohen 6y ago
This isn't true. Each year about 25% of people killed by cops in the US are Black, while Black people only make up 13% of the US population. The amount of people cops have killed has not decreased, at has stayed steady at about 1,100 for six years[1][2][3].
In addition to that, 20% of the people cops shoot at are unarmed[4][5].
[1] http://useofforceproject.org/ http://useofforceproject.org/
[2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/national/police-shootings-2019/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/national/police...
[3] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2015/jun/01/the-counted-police-killings-us-database https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2015/jun/...
[4] https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/xwvv3a/shot-by-cops https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/xwvv3a/shot-by-cops
[5] https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/a3jjpa/nonfatal-police-shootings-data https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/a3jjpa/nonfatal-police-s...
- corporateslave5 6y agoThis ignores the fact that black people commit crimes at much higher rates. You ever take a statistics class? Learn to think independently