police shootings data
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Study Finds Black Children 6 Times More Likely to be Fatally Shot by Police
In news that is as heartbreaking as it is predictable, a study has found that over the last 16 years, Black kids were six times more likely to be fatally shot by police than white children. CNN reports that the study found that from 2006 to 2018, 140 children were killed as a result of…
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Whites Overrepresented on Juries of Recent Police Shooting Cases
A recent Huffington Post investigation finds that whites have been substantially overrepresented on juries in recent police cases where police have used lethal force against civilians. The investigators were able to obtain juror information for all 13 police shooting trials that have gone to a jury since August 2014, and found that majority-white juries decided…
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FBI Director Rejects Claims That Blacks Are Shot More Often by Police
FBI Director James B. Comey told a gathering of police chiefs Sunday evening that Americans “actually have no idea” about how often police use force because no one has collected enough data, the Washington Post reports. Comey’s remarks come at a time when waves of protests are happening across the country in response to the…