[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 on February 27, 2023 at 6:31 PM in dataisbeautiful 50 comments 0
calloutfolly t1_ja9ff7z wrote on February 27, 2023 at 8:37 PM That makes sense, because African Americans commit more crimes than Asian Americans, according to FBI statistics. Permalink 9
[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.
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