The updated findings on fatalities so far this year means that the total is on track to exceed 1,000 by the end of 2015 – and that people are being killed by officers at more than twice the rate most recently detected by the much-criticised FBI system, which recorded 461 killed in 2013.
While the number of African Americans killed by police so far in 2015 has been disproportionately high, both white and Hispanic/Latino Americans now make up proportions of those killed that are smaller than their shares of the general US public.
Among the first 500 deaths, 49.6% of people were white, 28.2% were black and 14.8% were Hispanic/Latino. According to the 2013 census, the US population is 62.6% white, 13.2% black and 17.1% Hispanic/Latino.
I'm skeptical because the % doesn't add to 500 deaths, but....I also believe people think more BLACKS are killed because that makes HEADLINE news, when WHITES are killed....not so much......neither do HISPANICS.........Old Saying....The noisy wheel gets the most oil I don't think the %s matter as much as the actual figures MORE WHITES ARE BEING KILLED
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