Young black males 21x More Likely to Be Die By Cops than their white counterparts

A ProPublica analysis of federal data on deadly police shootings from 2010 to 2012 shows that young black males are 21 times more likely to be killed by police than their white counterparts. Blacks aged 15 to 19 were killed by police at a rate of 31.17 per million, while only 1.47 per million white males of the same age died the same way. In order for whites to have been at equal risk over those three years, 185 more—that’s more than one per week—would have had to have been killed. Seventy-seven percent of the shootings occured when circumstances were listed as "undetermined."

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Deadly Force, in Black and White

A ProPublica analysis of killings by police shows outsize risk for young black male

Young black males in recent years were at a far greater risk of being shot dead by police than their white counterparts – 21 times greater i, according to a ProPublica analysis of federally collected data on fatal police shootings.

The 1,217 deadly police shootings from 2010 to 2012 captured in the federal data show that blacks, age 15 to 19, were killed at a rate of 31.17 per million, while just 1.47 per million white males in that age range died at the hands of police.

One way of appreciating that stark disparity, ProPublica's analysis shows, is to calculate how many more whites over those three years would have had to have been killed for them to have been at equal risk. The number is jarring – 185, more than one per week.

ProPublica's risk analysis on young males killed by police certainly seems to support what has been an article of faith in the African American community for decades: Blacks are being killed at disturbing rates when set against the rest of the American population.

Our examination involved detailed accounts of more than 12,000 police homicides stretching from 1980 to 2012 contained in the FBI's Supplementary Homicide Report. The data, annually self-reported by hundreds of police departments across the country, confirms some assumptions, runs counter to others, and adds nuance to a wide range of questions about the use of deadly police force.

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