Police killings in the United States is an issue that has been recently consuming the press. Most headlines having to do with Police killing those of the African American race. Most people in the news will classify these killings as racially motivated. A lot of recent studies have been taking place to take a look in depth at African Americans being killed by police officers. These finding were as followed.Police killed at least 102 unarmed black people in 2015, nearly twice each week.
Nearly 1 in 3 black people killed by police in 2015 were identified as unarmed, though the actual number is likely higher due to underreporting
37% of unarmed people killed by police were black in 2015 despite black people being only 13% of the U.S. population
Unarmed black people were killed at 5x the rate of unarmed whites in 2015
Only 10 of the 102 cases in 2015 where an unarmed black person was killed by police resulted in officer(s) being charged with a crime, and only 1 of these deaths (Matthew Ajibade) resulted in convictions of the officers involved. Only one of the two officers convicted received jail time. The officer was sentenced to one year in jail and allowed to serve this time exclusively on weekends.
This country clearly has an issue with police shooting and killing unarmed people. Others countries have numbers as low as 3 people being killed by police shooting. Our country needs to find a solution to this problem. The violence in this country needs to end. Having people murder each other and news headlines only causes chaos. The amount of riots and violence that takes place after these shootings are also an issue. Police violence and retribution after shootings of African Americans is out of control. Races are being pinned up against each other and it is causing nothing but hatred and violence in society.
http://mappingpoliceviolence.org/unarmed/
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