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May 4, 2024 · Black people are 2.9x more likely to be killed by police than white people in. the U.S. . Police killings per 1 million people in the U.S., 2013– 2024. Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Black Native American Hispanic White Asian 110 79 killing s 44 37 27 9.2.
1 day ago · Although about half of the estimated 1,000 people shot and killed by police every year in the United States are white — the proportional weight of police violence hits communities of color the hardest.
May 16, 2024 · WASHINGTON (AP) — In 2020, the top enlisted leader of the Air Force went public with his fear of waking up to the news that a Black airman had been killed by a white police officer. Then four ...
6 days ago · By Bianca Flowers and Stephanie Kelly. (Reuters) - Stevante Clark felt a glimmer of hope when racial justice protests swept the globe in 2020 after the police killing of George Floyd. His own ...
May 3, 2024 · Four officers were killed this week in North Carolina, when a wanted man opened fire on a joint agency task force that had come to arrest him on a warrant for possession of a firearm as an ex-felon, and fleeing to elude capture. They were: Sam Poloche and William Elliott of the North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections; Charlotte ...
May 16, 2024 · In 2020, Chief Master Sgt. Kaleth O. Wright warned that his greatest fear was waking up to news that police had killed a Black airman. (U.S. Air Force via AP, File) WASHINGTON – In 2020, the top ...
May 13, 2024 · On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a Black man, was killed when a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck for about 9 1/2 minutes while Floyd was handcuffed and pleading that he couldn’t breathe; Floyd’s death, captured on video by a bystander, would lead to worldwide protests, some of which turned violent, and a reexaminat...
