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Graylight · 51-55, F
Cute, but not terribly illuminating. There are no actual reliable statistics on police shootings. They're simply not kept (and before you get all conspiracy, there are plenty of things we don't tally regularly).
What we do know is this.
In the prior 12 months, as of 2018 (last avail. year), among persons age 16 or older:
About 61.5 million residents had at least one contact with police.
Twenty-four percent of residents experienced contact with police, up from 21% in 2015.
Whites (26%) were more likely than blacks (21%), Hispanics (19%), or persons of other races (20%) to experience police contact.
There was no statistically significant difference in the percentage of whites (12%) and blacks (11%) who experienced police-initiated contact.
Many of those encounters were harmless tickets, etc. Some were violent domestic cases, mental health crises, violent crimes in progress, actual police chases, etc. We charge law enforcement with keeping the peace. You cannot o one side scream that you get all the weapons you want and not expect a police force that can answer in kind.
What we do know is this.
In the prior 12 months, as of 2018 (last avail. year), among persons age 16 or older:
About 61.5 million residents had at least one contact with police.
Twenty-four percent of residents experienced contact with police, up from 21% in 2015.
Whites (26%) were more likely than blacks (21%), Hispanics (19%), or persons of other races (20%) to experience police contact.
There was no statistically significant difference in the percentage of whites (12%) and blacks (11%) who experienced police-initiated contact.
Many of those encounters were harmless tickets, etc. Some were violent domestic cases, mental health crises, violent crimes in progress, actual police chases, etc. We charge law enforcement with keeping the peace. You cannot o one side scream that you get all the weapons you want and not expect a police force that can answer in kind.