2016 Postmortem

TNNurse

(6,926 posts) Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:10 PM Jul 2016

I am again appealing to you great researchers.

In the last oh say 12 months, how many white people have been killed by police officers in this country....and how many black people killed the same way?

I see lots of statistics about black on white crime, black on black crime, but this one seems most significant to me.

Thanks if you can help me.

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I am again appealing to you great researchers. (Original Post) TNNurse Jul 2016 OP

Probably more appropriate to GD. auntpurl Jul 2016 #1

So if you choose 2016, it is automatically political? TNNurse Jul 2016 #6

Needs to be related to the 2016 General Election auntpurl Jul 2016 #7

Not sure of the reliability SoCalNative Jul 2016 #2

Here is a good source: morningfog Jul 2016 #3

Washington has been keeping statistics on killings by police. nt s-cubed Jul 2016 #4

The research is already compiled by the Guardian UK, at this link you can see all manner of Bluenorthwest Jul 2016 #5

Rec for good resources in the replies. ..nt TeeYiYi Jul 2016 #8

Whether locked or not, worth an R&K longship Jul 2016 #9

See the Washington post matt819 Jul 2016 #10

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)

1. Probably more appropriate to GD.

Reply to TNNurse (Original post)

Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:13 PM

Jul 2016

Just a friendly heads up as this may be locked.

TNNurse

(6,926 posts)

6. So if you choose 2016, it is automatically political?

Reply to auntpurl (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:29 PM

Jul 2016

Did not mean to do that. Sorry

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)

7. Needs to be related to the 2016 General Election

Reply to TNNurse (Reply #6)

Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:32 PM

Jul 2016

As in the SOP for this forum.

GD is for general political talk. GD:2016 is the election.

No need to apologise! I'm not a moderator or anything - just giving information.

SoCalNative

(4,613 posts)

2. Not sure of the reliability

Reply to TNNurse (Original post)

Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:17 PM

Jul 2016

but try this site

http://qctimes.com/number-of-people-killed-by-police-in-the-us-by/article_0d75dd4b-d5e2-57d9-b027-19ea13994460.html

morningfog

(18,115 posts)

3. Here is a good source:

Reply to TNNurse (Original post)

Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:19 PM

Jul 2016

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0141854

s-cubed

(1,385 posts)

4. Washington has been keeping statistics on killings by police. nt

Reply to TNNurse (Original post)

Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:21 PM

Jul 2016

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)

5. The research is already compiled by the Guardian UK, at this link you can see all manner of

Reply to TNNurse (Original post)

Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:21 PM

Jul 2016

data, raw numbers, proportional to population stats, State by State and a list of every person killed....

The Counted
People killed by police in the US
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2015/jun/01/the-counted-police-killings-us-database

TeeYiYi

(8,028 posts)

8. Rec for good resources in the replies. ..nt

Reply to TNNurse (Original post)

Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:33 PM

Jul 2016

TYY

longship

(40,416 posts)

9. Whether locked or not, worth an R&K

Reply to TNNurse (Original post)

Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:41 PM

Jul 2016

Good resources here.

matt819

(10,749 posts)

10. See the Washington post

Reply to TNNurse (Original post)

Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:08 PM

Jul 2016

They have an ongoing count. The short answer, I believe, is that more whites than blacks have been killed. But the raw data needs far more analysis.

For example:
What are demographics of white/black/other population where civilians were killed.
What were circumstances, eg, crime in progress vs traffic stop.
Which events were genuinely legitimate use of force?
Rural/urban?

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