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- 1. POLICING BY THE NUMBERS THECURRENT STATUS OF WHO IS AFFECTED? WHATS AGE GOT TO DO WITH IT? BROUGHT TO YOU BY 464people were killed by police in the US 74people were killed by police in California ...from January 1st to May 31, 2015 ~3 ~2.5 ~1.1 Average number people killed by police every day in the U.S. in 2015 According to The Guardian According to The Post According to FBI data of the nation’s 18,000 state and local police agencies that have reported fatal shootings by their officers to the FBI, according to the Post. LESS THAN 3% 3XMORE BLACK CITIZENS FATALLY SHOT B Y P O L I C E COMPARED TO OTHER RACES when adjusting by the population of the census tracts where shootings occurred, according to the Post. The newspaper's database contained a total of 100 black people killed, compared with 171 white, 54 Hispanic, six Asian, three "other," and 31 unknown. 20NUMBER OF WOMEN SHOT TO DEATH BY POLICE in the first five months of 2015, according to the Post. The Guardian reported that 5 percent of the 464 total people killed by police were female. 102 UNARMED CITIZENS KILLED BY POLICE by all means this year, according to The Guardian. The Post placed the number of unarmed people shot to death by police at 49. 32 % BLACK CITIZENS who were unarmed when they were killed by police, according to The Guardian. The paper reported that black Americans were more than twice as likely to be unarmed when killed during encounters with police as white people. 62.7 % MINORITIES According to the Guardian. 20 % FATALLY SHOT WHILE FLEEING according to the Post. This included Walter Scott, a 50-year-old black man fatally shot by South Charleston, South Carolina, police officer Michael Slager in April. The shooting was captured in a widely circulated video. Slager has been charged with murder. OF POLICE SHOOTING CASES IN WHICH OFFICERS HAVE BEEN CHARGED LESS THAN 1% AGE OF THE OLDEST SHOOTING VICTIM Police reported that an Oklahoma octogenarian had threatened officers with a machete before he was shot. The Guardian noted that an 87-year-old was killed after his vehicle was struck by a police cruiser. AGE OF THE YOUNGEST SHOOTING VICTIM Police said all had brandished or fired weapons at officers before they were killed. 16 83 92NUMBER OF MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE SHOT TO DEATH BY POLICE The Guardian reported that 26 percent of all people killed by police "exhibited some sort of mental illness," and in at least 29 cases, victims were identified as suicidal. 5 FEET 4 INCHES, 120 POUNDS The stature of Lavall Hall, a mentally ill black man killed by Florida police in February. Hall, 25, was dressed in boxer shorts and an undershirt and waving a broomstick when he was confronted by officers. A family member had called 911, reporting Hall was having a violent episode. Police said Hall attacked an officer, though video of the incident appears to show Hall repeatedly backing away from officers in the minute preceding his death. 1 in 13 FATAL SHOOTINGS ARE COMMITTED BY POLICE OFFICERS compared with the U.S. total number of fatal shootings, according to the Post's Christopher Ingraham: Through June 1, there have been 5,099 gun deaths in the U.S., according to up-to-date numbers maintained by the Gun Violence Archive. Based on the 385 figure, that means that American police are responsible for about 1 in every 13 gun deaths in the country, or 8 percent. The Gun Violence Archive numbers include suicide as well as homicide, so the police-involved share of gun homicid. 51 NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS FELONIOUSLY KILLED according to the FBI. 2014 2015 14 NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS SHOT TO DEATH THIS YEAR according to the Officer Down Memorial Page, an independent group that collects data on line-of-duty incidents. Eight of these were in May. A total of 54 officers have died in the line of duty in 2015. The second-leading cause of on-duty officer death is automobile 214 DAYS LEFT IN 2015 FROM THE DATE THE GAUDIAN’S TALLY WAS PUBLISHED. sources: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/01/black-americans-killed-by-police-analysis http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/fatal-police-shootings-in-2015-approaching-400-nationwide/2015/05/30/d322256a- 058e-11e5-a428-c984eb077d4e_story.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/07/officer-michael-slager-shoots-man-in-back-video_n_7021134.html http://kfor.com/2015/04/13/83-year-old-man-shot-killed-after-allegedly-waving-machete-toward-police-officers/ http://www.local10.com/news/attorney-releases-video-of-miami-gardens-police-shooting/32253120 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/06/01/police-commit-1-in-13-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/ https://www.odmp.org/search/year/2015 https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-releases-2014-preliminary-statistics-for-law-enforcement-officers-killed -in-the-line-of-duty https://www.odmp.org/search?cause=Gunfire&from=2015&to=2015 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/11/police-officer-killings_n_7257132.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/24/police-officers-killed-2013_n_6213940.html http://www.everythinglubbock.com/story/d/story/1-dead-after-palestine-officer-involved-shooting/36571/uEDIlzOoW0yEQOa YW9WRbQ NUMBER OF PEOPLE SHOT TO DEATH BY POLICE WHILE WIELDING TOY GUNS NUMBER OF CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN 18 SHOT TO DEATH BY POLICE AT LEAST 1 PERSON KILLED BY POLICE ON THE DAY THE GAURDIAN’S REPORT WAS PUBLISHED. A suspect was killed early Monday in Palestine, Texas, after allegedly pointing a firearm at officers, police said. instagram.com/equaljusticesociety fb.com/equaljusticesociety twitter.com/equaljustice SUPPORT EJS'S EFFORTS AS PART OFTHE #BLACKLIVESMATTER MOVEMENTBY ATTENDING OUR ANNUAL EVENT ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2015! VISIT EQUALJUSTICESOCIETY.ORG/EVENTS TO LEARN MORE. 8 13