[OC] Fatal Police Shootings in the US: Racial disparities. In absence of racial differences, the probability of fatal police encounters would be the same across racial groups. It is not. Black/African Americans are 4.5 times more likely to have a fatal encounter with the police than Asian Americans.Submitted by HitchHux t3_11dj069 in dataisbeautiful
cruisinforsnoozin t1_ja8yehm wrote
Did this control for behavior, possession of weapon, or nature of the suspected crime?
Racial differences can mean lots of things
dont_care- t1_ja96kyk wrote
It ruins his narrative to adjust for "per violent crime committed"
Lake_Spiritual t1_jaajefw wrote
Another thing I’d like considered is that since these racial groups tend to be geographically clustered, isn’t this more of a testament of the policing in a region rather than nationwide? Surely the likelihood of a black person being killed by police in Greenwich CT is less than in New Orleans LA?
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