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Related: About this forum56% of people under age 20 killed by police are African American
This is what this is about. This is the injustice of the system.
If African Americans, as a whole, make up 14% of the U.S. population, why are 56% of police killings of young people African American?
In a seven year period of data collected by the FBI, 2800 fatal police shootings show that of 231 people under the age of 20 killed by police, 56% were black. Of 980 people between the age of 20-29, 42% were black. That is 45% of people killed by police African American.
Twice a week, a black boy is killed by a white cop.
Data discussed in article here: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/14/police-killings-data/14060357/
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56% of people under age 20 killed by police are African American (Original Post)
jaysunb
Nov 2014
OP
Anyone who is asking how people could get angry and riot should read this article.
Agnosticsherbet
Nov 2014
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Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)1. Anyone who is asking how people could get angry and riot should read this article.
noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)4. anyone who asks that
should take a REAL american history course.
samsingh
(17,601 posts)2. sounds alarmingly suspect to me
samsingh
(17,601 posts)3. kick 1000 times