Black Americans Killed by Police Twice as Likely as Whites to Be Unarmed

June 3, 2015

“Black Americans are more than twice as likely to be unarmed when killed during encounters with police as white people, according to a Guardian investigation which found 102 of 464 people killed so far this year in incidents with law enforcement officers were not carrying weapons.”

Read the article describing what The Guardian reporters, Jon Swaine, Oliver Laughland, and Jamiles Lartey, found during their investigation of 2015 police fatalities in the United States.

posted by Marg Herder

Lē Weaver identifies as a non-binary writer, musician, and feminist spiritual seeker. Their work draws attention to: the ongoing trauma experienced by women and LGBTQIA people in this “Christian” society; Christ/Sophia’s desire that each of us move deeper into our own practice of non-violence; and the desperate need to move away from an androcentric conception of God.

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