"more whites killed by cops than blacks"

[DrLeftover]

Meanwhile, the deaths of whites at the hands of law enforcement typically receive less attention, even when the case is shrouded in controversy. For example, Gilbert Collar, an 18-year-old white student at the University of South Alabama, was shot and killed while naked, unarmed and under the influence of drugs by a black police officer.

The officer, Trevis Austin, was cleared of wrongdoing in 2013 by a Mobile County grand jury in a case that received little media coverage outside Alabama. Mr. Collar’s parents filed a federal lawsuit last year against the officer.

As researchers are quick to point out, FBI data on police shootings by race is notoriously incomplete, which may explain why Peter Moskos, assistant professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York, decided to use figures from the website Killed by Police.

Based on that data, Mr. Moskos reported that roughly 49 percent of those killed by officers from May 2013 to April 2015 were white, while 30 percent were black. He also found that 19 percent were Hispanic and 2 percent were Asian and other races.

His results, posted last week on his blog Cop in the Hood, arrived with several caveats, notably that 25 percent of the website’s data, which is drawn largely from news reports, failed to show the race of the person killed.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/apr/21/police-kill-more-whites-than-blacks-but-minority-d/

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

I guess under the leftist media it is white lives that matter less. And under the leftist media with there agenda they can't make it seem like anything else by hiding this fact all the time that it must be all cops just hate everyone who ain't white. Or it simply could be statistically with the numbers in population it only makes sense and white or black bad people do not cooperate with the police.

 

[Dee]

Well, also considering the majority of people in the United States identify as white/Caucasion (like...somewhere in the 70% range as opposed to the percentage of black citizens still hovering somewhere in the teens), I suppoooooseeeee....perhaps, maybe, it is possible the statistics are skewed.

 

[Wonko]

Or maybe you could train your cops to not shot people that are not armed...just an idea

 

[Sariki]

I think it's probably over done. Who knows. We know what we are "told" unless they can back it up with facts and proof I won't believe them.

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Well, also considering the majority of people in the United States identify as white/Caucasion (like...somewhere in the 70% range as opposed to the percentage of black citizens still hovering somewhere in the teens), I suppoooooseeeee....perhaps, maybe, it is possible the statistics are skewed.

So you think it is actually reversed on who is getting shot more by the cops?

 

[Dee]

So you think it is actually reversed on who is getting shot more by the cops?

There's just physically MORE white people to shoot than black people. The ratios are probably skewed considering the amount of whites to blacks.

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

There's just physically MORE white people to shoot than black people. The ratios are probably skewed considering the amount of whites to blacks.

Ok I am still confused. My original post said just that. So you are agreeing with me on that part?

 

[Dee]

Ok I am still confused. My original post said just that. So you are agreeing with me on that part?

The only part of your post I agree with is the last part. I'm assuming, given the statistics I've researched, that it's a matter of numbers and discrepancy.