Likes: You know about Trayvon Martin and how he died. But you probably haven’t heard of James Estes, 46, Benjamin Dykeman, 31, or Tyler Spann, 20, who were also fatally shot by police.https://rewire.news/article/2017/04/...tion-confirms/In its examination of 827 cases of Florida police shooting people from 2009 to 2014, the Times found that 343 of those shot were Black. Removing the cases involving violent crime or those who threatened police with guns, there were 147 questionable cases, of which 97 involved Black people. Looking at those who were unarmed, Black people outnumbered white people two to one. Black people were twice as likely to be shot after being pulled over for a traffic violation, or by reaching for something—a license, the gearshift—that police thought was a weapon.
Black people were also three times as likely to be shot while being chased by police on foot, while suspected of a minor crime like smoking pot or shoplifting, or while not committing a crime at all. Black victims were four times more likely to be shot in the back, the report found.
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