The real question is "why is that?". Do blacks tend to get into more altercations with police, is it systemic racism, both?
Without further investigation, this graph can bait people into jumping to misinformed conclusions.
Furthermore, the site states:
> black Americans account for less than 13 percent of the population but they are shot and killed by the police at a rate that’s over twice as high as for white Americans.
Yet they also account for over 50% of crimes in the U.S [0]. Like I said, ask questions, don't just look at a graph and raise pitchforks.
Without further investigation, this graph can bait people into jumping to misinformed conclusions.
Furthermore, the site states: > black Americans account for less than 13 percent of the population but they are shot and killed by the police at a rate that’s over twice as high as for white Americans.
Yet they also account for over 50% of crimes in the U.S [0]. Like I said, ask questions, don't just look at a graph and raise pitchforks.
[0]: https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-...