Data Visualisation: Police killings of unarmed American citizens in 2018
This is the first of three data visuals exploring the truth and hard hitting data behind police killings of unarmed American citizens in 2018. Why 2018? It's the last year of data available for demographic breakdown by race. The data of police brutality is taken from MappingPoliceViolence.org.
The first visual below shows the disproportionate number of unarmed African American / Black citizens killed by police across the US.
This is the second in the series of visuals exploring the killings of unarmed American citizens by the police in 2018, taking a look at the state of California. In 2018, 6 unarmed African Americans were killed, 10 Hispanic and 5 White citizens. When you compare this with the population of California and the demographic breakdown, you're looking at a 6.5% African American population, a 39.3% Hispanic population and a majority 72.1% White population.
This is the third in the series of visuals exploring killings of unarmed American citizens by the police in 2018 in the state of Georgia. In 2018, 4 unarmed African Americans were killed, and 4 unarmed White citizens were killed. When you compare this with the population of Georgia, and the demographic breakdown, you're looking at 32.4% African American population and 60.5% White population.
