Prevalence rate of violent crime in the United States from 2014 to 2019, by race/ethnicity Although blacks are a much smaller percentage of the population, and a smaller percentage of people who get shot by police, they commit about the same number of violent crimes as whites. If you do violent crime, then your chances of encountering police in a lethal force situation are much greater.
Prevalence rate of violent crime in the United States from 2014 to 2019, by race/ethnicity Although blacks are a much smaller percentage of the population, and a smaller percentage of people who get shot by police, they commit about the same number of violent crimes as whites. If you do violent crime, then your chances of encountering police in a lethal force situation are much greater.