Thursday, June 4, 2020
The Killing of Americans by Their Police
Police in the United States are 50% more likely to kill a Latino and 300% more likely to take the life of an African American than a European American, according to this chart that a friend sent us from Reddit. At the same time, the overall American death rate at the hands of police is 100% that of Canada's, 4000% times higher than Great Britain's, and 10,000% times worse than Japan's. We researched the data. It's accurate based on the research used by the creators.
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