Wednesday, March 28, 2018

STUDY FINDS 60% OF BLACK WOMEN KILLED BY POLICE ARE UNARMED

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Black people, especially women,
are more likely to have been unarmed
when killed by police than non-blacks,
according to a new study of nationwide data.



This risk also appears to increase in police departments 
with a greater presence of non-white officers, report the researchers.*

A key finding of the study is that nearly 60 percent of black women killed by police were unarmed at the time of the interaction.

The study is the first in a series of reports from the ongoing Fatal Interactions with Police (FIPS) research project, which includes contributions from public health and biostatistics

Read More
https://www.futurity.org/police-killings-unarmed-black-women-1675912-2/

A LINK TO THE STUDY (Washington University In St Louis)

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