Black kids 6 times more likely to be shot to death by police than white kids, study says [View all]

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Black kids 6 times more likely to be shot to death by police than white kids, study says

Black kids 6 times more likely to be shot to death by police than white kids, study says
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Over the course of 16 years, more than 100 children have been shot and killed by police, with deaths skewing significantly toward Black and Hispanic kids, a new study found.

National death certificate data for children ages 12 to 17 reveal that Black kids were six times more likely to be fatally shot by police during legal interventions, while Hispanic children’s risk of death was almost three times higher compared to white adolescents....

“Any death of a child is devastating but when it is due to police violence, it leads to distrust in the system and undermines the primary mission to protect,” Goyal said in a news release. “The pattern of stark racial and ethnic disparities only adds to this tragedy, further oppressing and alienating communities of color. It’s important to investigate, identify and correct those policies and personnel that perpetuate and exacerbate these disparities.”...

A legal intervention “refers to deaths due to injuries inflicted by police or other law enforcement agents ... in the course of arresting or attempting to arrest lawbreakers, suppressing disturbances, maintaining order, and performing other legal actions,” according to the CDC.