cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14122055
In capitalist America, police violence is a leading cause of death in some communities. What the police do is evil.
https://mappingpoliceviolence.org
The site states the most common race and ethnicity to be killed by police is Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, but there’s no further data. When I search outside of the site, I find statistics that lump Asian Americans in with Pacific Islanders. 110 deaths is a very large percentage of a relatively small population.
Does anyone have more information on this statistic?
I have found this paper for 2013–2019: Disaggregating Asian American and Pacific Islander Risk of Fatal Police Violence by Gabriel L. Schwartz and Jaquelyn L. Jahn https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0274745
the mapping police violence site’s methodology page indicates their database is entirely original. So for anything with their data specifically your best bet would be to reach out to them directly
Could i get a tally on how many cops we’ve killed?
Such an edge Lord.
American cops are fucked but so are your people. I wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end of either.
In what community is police violence a leading cause of death? 300 is not a very high number for a leading cause of death. 600,000 people in the US died of cancer in 2020.
If you grew up in places like Baltimore or Chicago or New York you would hear about someone you know getting killed or almost killed by the police like once a month. Not unreasonable for a communities leading cause of death to be by cop.
I have 2 questions. What definition of “community” are we using here? And, can you provide convincing evidence that is the case?
A community is a community, I don’t know how else to explain it… my evidence is I’ve fucking lived it. I know 2 people who have been killed by cops and dozens more who have been beaten so badly they could have easily died. I don’t know anyone who has died of cancer.
I’m sorry you’re not educated on the way policing works in poor and minority communities but it’s not my job to educate you. If you want to learn you can easily do so.
Does that include the ones they murder in jail by neglect, starvation, overheating, refusing medical care, etc?
Interesting. Could you post the total number of Deaths by shooting in the US as a reference?
