US Police Killings from 2015 to 2022
The above map shows the distribtion of police shootings across the US, as well as how to victim was neutralised.
As we can see, there were a lot more cases of killings by just shooting as compared to shooting and tasing, and the tasing count was 0 by 2022.
Line Chart depicting the cases of killings by time
If we look at the graph at the top, we can see that number of killings dropped first in 2016,
then gradually increased finally to a maximum in 2021 before sharply dropping again in 2022.
Comparison of the race of victims (2015 vs 2022)
As we can see, Whites have always been the most targeted by the police. In 2015, the share for Blacks and Hispanics were almost same, but by 2022 Blacks were targeted a lot, despite the decrease in total cases. There was also a minor increase in the share of Asians and Natives targeted.
Comparison between men and women by year
Throughout the time period, men have outnumbered women by almost 20 times. Additionally, the number of women has mostly remained constant (around 45), whereas for men it followed the general trend and has been reducing most prominently due to activism and has reached an all time low of 682 in 2022.
By Adeel Ahsan (32871538)
