Beginnings
Mapping Police Violence
The Mapping Police Violence website is here…
About the website…
Black people were 24% of those killed despite being only 13% of the population.
There were only 27 days in 2019 where police did not kill someone.
Black people are most likely to be killed by police
3x more likely to be killed by police than white people.
1.3x more likely to be unarmed compared to white people.
It’s not about crime
Levels of violent crime in US cities do not determine rates of police violence
There is no excuse for police violence
TAGS: [Assumptions] [Policing] [Police-Shootings]