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Relative to the murder threat posed by people of different races, are police more likely to kill African Americans than people of other races?

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Roughly 14,000 murders take place in the U.S. every year. African Americans represent at least 54% of murder offenders, 14% of the U.S. population, and roughly 33% of the people killed by police. Police are legally prohibited from using deadly force unless "the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others." Over the past decade, 65 officers were charged in fatal shootings, and 11 were convicted.



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