Police have fatally shot at least 135 unarmed Black people in US since 2015: report

[Charlemagne]

Police have fatally shot at least 135 unarmed Black people in US since 2015: report

An NPR investigation

thehill.com

 

[gharamlifter]

2+ per month. that's a lot.

but how many weren't criminals?

 

[shack]

Some thread a month or two ago somebody was trying to say how many more whites are shot than blacks and came up with a ridiculous stat that 8 blacks had been killed by cops in a 25 year period. I forget the exact numbers.

 

[luvyeah]

thanks obama

 

[contact]

lots of white and other folks get shot too

this is (2017-2020)

• People shot to death by U.S. police, by race 2020 | Statista

 

[jcpro]

They should have armed themselves when confronting cops with guns. Those who fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

 

[y2kmark]

2+ per month. that's a lot.

but how many weren't criminals?

You mean how many weren't criminals facing the death penalty. The distinction might matter then...

 

[Frankfooter]

They should have armed themselves when confronting cops with guns. Those who fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

You sad that Trump's revolution failed and want a different one now?

 

[smallhatchet]

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/...135-unarmed-black-people-in-us-since-2015[/B]

I found a better stat:

4. There were almost 6,000 blacks killed by other blacks in 2015.

By contrast, only 258 blacks were killed by police gunfire that year.

7 Statistics You Need To Know About Black-On-Black Crime

President Barack Obama has no problem making disgusting, untrue assertions about cops being racist at a funeral for murdered cops yet does not give major speeches on the epidemic of black-on-black crime. Here are seven statistics you need to know about black-on-black crime that the president...

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