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Got a source on that? I do, but it doesn't bear out your assertion: https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/ http
by RankingMember 5y ago
Got a source on that? I do, but it doesn't bear out your assertion:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-de...
> Sadly, the trend of fatal police shootings in the United States seems to only be increasing, with a total 371 civilians having been shot, 71 of whom were Black, in the first five months of 2021. In 2020, there were 1,021 fatal police shootings, and in 2019 there were 999 fatal shootings. Additionally, the rate of fatal police shootings among Black Americans was much higher than that for any other ethnicity, standing at 36 fatal shootings per million of the population as of May 2021.
- bart_spoon 5y agoNote that your source is for all shootings, and they specifically make a claim about "unarmed" individuals being shot, the implication that while black individuals are more likely to be killed by police, those killed are more likely to be armed and potentially violent. I don't have a source supporting or disproving that claim, I'm just pointing out that the source you provided doesn't address the claim they are making.
- RankingMember 5y agoFair point, thanks for noting