Title: US police shootings: How many die each year? - BBC News
Headings: US police shootings: How many die each year?
US police shootings: How many die each year?
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Content: Is 990 people being killed by police in a single year about what you would expect year in and year out?" So far, 2016 appears to be roughly on track with 2015, Kindy says. "In fact there's been an increase, a 6% increase in fatal shootings when we compare the first six months of last year to the first six months of this year… So that's about three people are dying a day, who are being fatally shot by officers." The Guardian has recorded even more deaths in 2015 and 2016, including deaths as a result of tasering, collisions with police vehicles and altercations in police custody. The Washington Post journalists also collect information about the race of those shot by police. According to Kindy, about half are white, and about half are from minorities, but adjusting for the size of the populations, Kindy says, "minorities are definitely being shot at a higher rate than whites". image copyright
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Alton Sterling, a black man, was shot by a white police officer in Baton Rouge on 5 July
This is particularly noticeable in the case of the black population. "Blacks are being shot at a rate that's 2.5 times higher than whites," Kindy says. The big question is whether that is evidence that the police are discriminating against African Americans. There's an obvious argument that it is: