Nearly 1,000 people were killed by police in 2015. These incidents made headlines nationwide. But there isn’t any official counting of police killings in the U.S. The Washington Post has been closely following this and has collected data of their own on police shootings. Among other things, they’ve found that unarmed black men were six times more likely than unarmed whites to be shot and killed.
A Year of Police Shootings
Credits
Guest:
Kimberly Kindy - Washington Post -
@kimberlykindy
Host:
Madeleine Brand
Producers:
Matt Holzman,
Anna Scott,
Jolie Myers,
Christian Bordal,
Laura Swisher
