Force Science Institute: The Truth About Police Killings

By Robert Farago

(Republished with permission from The Force Science Institute)

In the wake of Ferguson and the anti-police firestorm that episode ignited, The Washington Post determined to do what no government agency had done: catalog the essential facts of every on-duty fatal shooting by police in the US in 2015. That exhaustive undertaking, which documents nearly 1,000 firearms deaths at the hands of LEOs for the year, is now completed, and the Post is moving on to 2016 . . .

Here are two links relevant to this important project:

1. The findings of the Post’s investigation, including its unique database, which records a description of each fatality, and a statistical analysis of the core elements involved overall–surely the most comprehensive compilation of such information currently available. CLICK HERE to read it.

2. A commentary on the Post’s findings from National Review magazine, which asserts that the newspaper’s statistics prove that the activist narrative of out-of-control rogue cops wantonly gunning down nonthreatening black males without just cause is plain wrong. CLICK HERE for that full article.

HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT THE POST FOUND

From the vast quantity of findings posted on the website, the Post highlights what it considers …Read the Rest

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