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African-American men are 2.5 times more likely to be killed by police than white men in the United States, according to a study by Fatal Encounter, a consortium of US journalists.
According to this survey, black men are by far the most exposed population to police violence since one in every 1,000 black men is killed by police whether by firearm, taser or suffocation.
The probability of being killed by a police officer for men of Hispanic origin is lower compared to African-American men. Yet she is 1.4 times taller than a white man. In contrast, Hispanic women are slightly less likely to be killed by police than white women.
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The historian François Durpaire, a specialist in the United States, explains what factors lead to this higher death rate against the police: " There is the factor of racial prejudice. There is the factor of fear that some police officers have when they intervene with the black community. There is a lot of work to be done because for the same type of arrest, when you are black, you are more likely to degenerate than when you are white . "
120 firearms per 100 inhabitants
While this Sunday, August 4, the United States still had a very deadly shooting , the researcher also supports the upsurge of firearms in the United States: " There are a number of factors that explain this increased risk for firearms. black men to be shot by the police. There is the question of the number of firearms in American society. It must be remembered that the Americans have a firearms rate of about 120 firearms per 100 people , which is more firearms than per capita. This is the country with the most firearms in the world. "
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