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Which narrative are these facts supposed to go against? The fact that 13% of the population demographic represents almost 20% of people shot to death by police this year and 23% in 2019? When looked at in context of what percentage of society those numbers represent it is a little bit skewed in favor of the BLM narrative. However, when looked at from the point of view that 13% of the U.S. population is responsible for 50% of homicides then I find that I'm far more surprised more people of color are not shot to death by police. Grateful that is not the case. But surprised that the statistics are so skewed.
What you are not looking at is people who have actually died while in police custody and not just been shot by police. Black men are 2.5 times more likely to be killed by a police officer than a white man. Killed, not just shot. This includes police abuse while an individual is in custody regardless of the establishment of their guilt or innocence. Even then, we don't have the full numbers. That "unknown" category likely includes men of color who are too mixed to determine what race they are since if they had appeared to be "White" they would likely have been listed as white. Also, the death in custody reports that law enforcement is supposed to be providing, haven't been completed once since the legislation was passed requiring it.
https://journalistsresource.org/studies/government/criminal-justice/killed-police-black-men-likely-white-men/
On the other hand, whites represent 76% of the U.S. population, commit almost 47% of homicides and only represent 36.8% of police shootings last year. That is definitely skewed in favor of whites. It shows a statistical bias that because blacks are proportionally more likely to be involved with homicides police are more likely to shoot them than they are to shoot non-blacks. Black are 5.6 times more likely in 2019 to be shot by police than whites is what these statistics say.
What you are not looking at is people who have actually died while in police custody and not just been shot by police. Black men are 2.5 times more likely to be killed by a police officer than a white man. Killed, not just shot. This includes police abuse while an individual is in custody regardless of the establishment of their guilt or innocence. Even then, we don't have the full numbers. That "unknown" category likely includes men of color who are too mixed to determine what race they are since if they had appeared to be "White" they would likely have been listed as white. Also, the death in custody reports that law enforcement is supposed to be providing, haven't been completed once since the legislation was passed requiring it.
https://journalistsresource.org/studies/government/criminal-justice/killed-police-black-men-likely-white-men/
On the other hand, whites represent 76% of the U.S. population, commit almost 47% of homicides and only represent 36.8% of police shootings last year. That is definitely skewed in favor of whites. It shows a statistical bias that because blacks are proportionally more likely to be involved with homicides police are more likely to shoot them than they are to shoot non-blacks. Black are 5.6 times more likely in 2019 to be shot by police than whites is what these statistics say.