Washington, June 1 (RHC)-- New figures show the death toll from police shootings in the United States this year is twice the official figure. The Washington Post says police have shot dead at least 385 people in 2015, an average of almost 2.6 per day.
The FBI’s death rate for police killings over the last decade is 1.1 per day. More than 80 percent of those killed were said to have been carrying a potentially deadly weapon, while 16 percent were unarmed.
African Americans were disproportionately high among the victims, killed at three times the rate of other racial groups.
