Exclusive: Slain officer suspects by race 2017
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Source: https://www.odmp.org/search/year/2017 & EoW2017.csv (spreadsheet)
Common misconceptions
- "There is no war on cops!" It's highly disingenuous to make this claim while only looking at officer deaths. Just 10 days into 2017 there has already been 1 officer killed and 8 others shot.
Did you know?
- Once adjusted per capita, blacks were 6.3 times more likely than whites to kill an officer in 2016.