It uses similar data for 2017 and illustrates that 149 out of 1147 people killed by police during that year were unarmed (~12.9% of cases).
It also highlights some differences in the demographics of the people who suffered as a result of police violence; I mention that because it's relevant to these topics appearing on Hacker News currently.
Re:Mapping Police Violence
by M4v3R on Monday June 01, 2020 @07:44AM
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Yes, this website is a lot better because it shows a lot of more context and in-depth look at the data instead of just showing a map of police shootings without explanation.
It uses similar data for 2017 and illustrates that 149 out of 1147 people killed by police during that year were unarmed (~12.9% of cases).
It also highlights some differences in the demographics of the people who suffered as a result of police violence; I mention that because it's relevant to these topics appearing on Hacker News currently.