Title: Black Lives Matter: Are Whites killed by police brutality more than Blacks? Stats show the shocking truth | MEAWW
Headings: Black Lives Matter: Are Whites killed by police brutality more than Blacks? Stats show the shocking truth
Black Lives Matter: Are Whites killed by police brutality more than Blacks? Stats show the shocking truth
Demographics matter
Perception of violence and race
Police violence and society
Sources:

Content: That is roughly in line with America's population. African-Americans make up 13.4% of the US population according to the Census Bureau. The bottom line? There are just more Whites in the US, while African-Americans make up just a minority. Those numbers are also reflected in cases of police violence. Data from Statista shows that 432 White people were killed by the police in 2020, as compared to 226 Black Americans. 2020 is not an anomaly, the data is consistent across years. Looking at those numbers, the reality is simple — White Americans are more likely to die at the hands of law enforcement officials. But, the use of force is not so cut and dry as that. If you go behind those numbers, you'll see that the rate at which Black Americans die is more than twice as high as White Americans.