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We've all heard the recent headlines about police shooting black suspects, so I thought I'd look into who is most likely to kill police officers. Nobody is talking about that in the media right now. Here's what I found;
From 2004-2013, the white population of the US ranged from 70% to 63% of the country, and accounted for 52% of felonious police killings.
Blacks made up 12%-13% of the US population, but accounted for 43% of felonious killings of police officers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...r-white-offenders-more-likely-to-kill-police/
Further, it appears as though the 52% figure for whites is yet again counting Hispanics as white, which means the real number of white felonious killings of police officers is likely less than 52%.
Blacks also accounted for a staggeringly high number of ambush killings on police officers:
Do police officers have a legitimate reason to feel as though black suspects represent a greater risk to them?
"There were 511 officers killed in felonious incidents and 540 offenders from 2004 to 2013, according to FBI reports. Among the total offenders, 52 percent were white, and 43 percent were black."
From 2004-2013, the white population of the US ranged from 70% to 63% of the country, and accounted for 52% of felonious police killings.
Blacks made up 12%-13% of the US population, but accounted for 43% of felonious killings of police officers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...r-white-offenders-more-likely-to-kill-police/
Further, it appears as though the 52% figure for whites is yet again counting Hispanics as white, which means the real number of white felonious killings of police officers is likely less than 52%.
Blacks also accounted for a staggeringly high number of ambush killings on police officers:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...r-white-offenders-more-likely-to-kill-police/There were 304 officers killed in ambush attacks from 1980 to 2013, with 371 offenders involved in those deaths. The percentage of black and white offenders in ambushes were about the same: 44 percent were white, and 43 percent were black.
Do police officers have a legitimate reason to feel as though black suspects represent a greater risk to them?