LMPD :: Louisville Metro Police Department
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More people dying in LMPD shootings

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RE: More people dying in LMPD shootings

December 14th, 2014 @ 6:22PM (9 years ago)

*...shot by the police at a higher rate as well.

RE: More people dying in LMPD shootings

December 14th, 2014 @ 6:32PM (9 years ago)

The most comprehensive information on the issue of police shootings and race in recent years comes from a 2011 Bureau of Justice Statistics study that covers the period from 2003 to 2009. Of all suspects who are known to have been killed by law-enforcement officers during that time frame, 41.7% were white, 31.7% were black, and 20.3% were Hispanic. Also during that period, blacks accounted for about 38.5% of all arrests for violent crimes—i.e., the types of crimes most likely to lead to a potentially fatal confrontation with police. These numbers do not in any way suggest a lack of restraint by police in their dealings with black suspects. On the contrary, they suggest the exact opposite.