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June 2, 2015

Report: Blacks Twice as Likely to Be Unarmed When Killed by Police 
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A new investigation by The Guardian has found African Americans are more
than twice as likely as white people to be unarmed when they are killed
in encounters with police. The Guardian found 102 of the 464 people
killed in incidents with law enforcement this year were not carrying
weapons — that amounts to just over one in five. But among African
Americans, 32 percent of those killed by police were unarmed, compared
to 25 percent of Latinos and 15 percent of whites. Meanwhile in
Missouri, a report from the state Attorney General's Office has shown
police were 75 percent more likely to stop African-American than white
drivers last year, and 73 percent more likely to search them. Yet
African Americans who were searched were less likely than whites to
possess anything illegal.

 

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