Thought Id throw in some statistics that I think make sense of why things are the way they are. As of this YTD, 281 (41%) whites have been killed by police, 138 (24%)(7,791 blacks died from homicide in 2014 according to the CDC with the vast majority being by other blacks) blacks have been killed by police. If you factor in population size of blacks (13%) then you will see that blacks are being killed at a higher rate then their demography would support but lets see if the FBI stats can shed some light on this. FBI stats for 2014(most current year) for blacks(these numbers should ideally be around 13%), 29.9% of rapes, 51.3% of murder, 55.9% of robberies, 33.1% of aggravated assaults, 30% of larceny, 31.8% of fraud, etc.(if you want more let me know). Now for those same stats with whites(these numbers should ideally be around 79%, keep in mind Hispanics are also considered white on the FBI crime stats), 67.2% of rapes, 46.3% of murder, 42.3% of robberies, 63.7% of aggravated assaults, 69.1% of larceny, 66.1% of fraud, etc. Sources below. https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2014/crime-in-the-u.s.-2014/tables/table-43 http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2015/jun/01/the-counted-police-killings-us-database http://webappa.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/dataRestriction_lcd.html