Police killed at least 102 unarmed black people in 2015,
nearly twice each week.
Nearly 1 in 3 black people killed by police in 2015 were
identified as unarmed, though the actual number is likely higher due to
underreporting
37% of unarmed people killed by police were black in 2015
despite black people being only 13% of the U.S. population
Unarmed black people were killed at 5x the rate of unarmed
whites in 2015
Only 9 of the 102 cases resulted in officer(s) being charged
with a crime
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things
that matter. (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)
Cowardice asks the question - is it safe?
Expediency asks the question - is it politic?
Vanity asks the question - is it popular?
But conscience asks the question - is it right?
And there comes a time when one must take a position
that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular;
but one must take it because it is right.
(Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)
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