According to federal data, there were 1,217 deadly police shootings reported from 2010 to 2012. Additionally, blacks, age 15 to 19, were killed at a rate of 31.17 per million, while the rate for white males in that age group was only 1.47 per million (Excessive or Reasonable Force p. 25). As a result, many people believe that police officers are racists and use extra force on African-Americans because of their skin color. Not every cop is absolved from these assumptions, but that doesn’t mean that…
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