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Black people, who account for 13 percent of the U.S. population, accounted for 27 percent of those fatally shot and killed by police in 2021, according to Mapping Police Violence, a nonprofit...
African-Americans make up 13 percent of the U.S. population but account for 24 percent of people fatally shot by police. According to the Washington Post, blacks are "2.5 times as likely as...
Here's a timeline of major incidents since 2014 involving police officers which resulted in the deaths of black Americans.
In a 2021 study of emergency room data from hospitals in five states, researchers found a correlation between police killings of unarmed Black people and a rise in the number of...
In a 2019 Center survey, 84% of black adults said that, in dealing with police, blacks are generally treated less fairly than whites; 63% of whites said the same. Similarly, 87% of blacks and 61% of whites said the U.S. criminal justice system treats black people less fairly.
Oklahoma has among the highest rates of police violence against non-Hispanic Black Americans in the country, with a peak estimated age-standardised mortality rate of 12·20 deaths (5·36–23·19) per 100 000 in 1980 and a current rate of 3·05 deaths (1·82–4·59) per 100 000 in 2019.
Since 2015, police officers have fatally shot at least 135 unarmed Black men and women nationwide, an NPR investigation has found. NPR reviewed police, court and other records to examine the...
