Who? White folks? Because that is who cops kill more of in sheer numbers.
No, you would be wrong.
Cops kill more white folks in sheer numbers than blacks.
You might want to check out the information provided to MaggieD below.
Actually no.
Police shoot more white folks in sheer numbers than they do blacks. If all things were equal, that is what should be expected.
If broken down by racial proportions, the numbers then reflect that the Police kill disproportionately more blacks than whites.
But the problem with that stat is that not all members of a race interact with police on a criminal level, so the whole number of a race can not be used for comparative purposes.
The numbers need to be broken down further to only those who interact with them.
When that is done it becomes clear that whites are shot more times than blacks are.
Whether officers, veterans or civilians, the subjects consistently hesitated longer before firing at black suspects and were much more likely to mistakenly shoot an unarmed white suspect, the researchers found. And when they failed to fire at an armed suspect — a potentially fatal mistake — the suspect was about five times more likely to be black than white. The study’s 36 police officers were the lone exception in failing to fire: The suspect’s race wasn’t a factor in their decision not to shoot. “The findings were very unexpected given the previous experimental research,” said Lois James, an assistant professor who conducted the research.
Are Police Bigoted?
Race and Police Shootings: Are Blacks Targeted More?
Adjusted to take into account the racial breakdown of the U.S. population, he said black men are 3.5 times more likely to be killed by police than white men. But also adjusted to take into account the racial breakdown in violent crime, the data actually show that police are less likely to kill black suspects than white ones.
“If one adjusts for the racial disparity in the homicide rate or the rate at which police are feloniously killed, whites are actually more likely to be killed by police than blacks,” said Mr. Moskos, a former Baltimore cop and author of the book “Cop in the Hood.”
“Adjusted for the homicide rate, whites are 1.7 times more likely than blacks die at the hands of police,” he said. “Adjusted for the racial disparity at which police are feloniously killed, whites are 1.3 times more likely than blacks to die at the hands of police.”
Police kill more whites than blacks, but minority deaths generate more outrage
Analysis contradicts widespread views about racial targets
The real racial bias: Cops more willing to shoot whites than blacks, research finds
It’s widely assumed that white police officers are more likely to shoot black suspects as a result of racial bias, but recent research suggests the opposite is true.
The real racial bias: Cops more willing to shoot whites than blacks, research finds
It seems more like blacks vs cops, or a systemic issue in black culture with hating cops as well as committing more violent crimes.
