56% of people under age 20 killed by police are African American

[berni_mccoy]

This is what this is about. This is the injustice of the system.

If African Americans, as a whole, make up 14% of the U.S. population, why are 56% of police killings of young people African American?

In a seven year period of data collected by the FBI, 2800 fatal police shootings show that of 231 people under the age of 20 killed by police, 56% were black. Of 980 people between the age of 20-29, 42% were black. That is 45% of people killed by police African American.

Twice a week, a black boy is killed by a white cop.

Data discussed in article here: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/14/police-killings-data/14060357/

And don't tell me the answer is that blacks commit more crime. Please. We all know there is a bias. Just like in hurricane Katrina, when I posted these pics:

[noiretextatique]

1. of course there is a bias

it is amazing to me that people don't know that. there has BEEN this SAME bias since the country was started. don't people KNOW this?

[Comrade Grumpy]

2. Racially disparate outcomes of police encounters. I'm shocked.

[Odin2005]

3. I remember the Katrina finding/looting double standard!

[Cha]

4. Thank you for this, berni