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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
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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
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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.
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