carrying some of the largest discrepancies by state.
Most states’ police forces killed black people at a higher rate per capita than white people, with Illinois, New York and Washington D.C. Other statistics showed that black Americans were nearly one-and-a-half times more likely to be unarmed before their death. In 2019 data of all police killings in the country compiled by Mapping Police Violence, black Americans were nearly three times more likely to die from police than white Americans. Other recent instances of racism against African Americans in the country have led to massive protests against police brutality and systemic, institutional racism that many feel have gone unchecked for decades. Floyd, accused of using a counterfeit $20 bill, had his neck compressed by an officer’s knee while in handcuffs for roughly nine minutes before later dying. Protests around the United States are boiling over after Minneapolis man George Floyd was killed by police.
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