Statistics On Numbers of Cops Killed?

[Benton]

(09-27-2017, 10:57 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: For context, and keeping in mind that in the government's category, Hispanics are white.

Population (roughly):
Caucasian(+Hispanic) 80%
African American 12.8%
Asian 4.4%
Native American/Inuit 1%
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.2%
2+ Races 1.6%

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The thing I found interesting on there is...
In 2015, of the 41 officers killed, only 6 managed to fire their weapon.
In 2014, of the 51 officers killed, only 5 managed to fire their weapon.

The vast majority of the ones who die either never get a shot off in defense, or chose to try and solve it peacefully and died.

For context, you'd have to look at where those killings occurred and population.

A non-reliable looking web site had officer murder rates for several states over a 5-year period (2012-2008). Georgia was the highest with 38 per 50,000. If that's correct, look at Georgia's population, it's 55% white, 30 % black. Those numbers get closer the more urban you get.

I see people toss out race proportions in regards to crime a lot, but it doesn't always tell the most accurate story. Urban populations tend to have more minorities, more violence in general. But I'd be interested if the violence is more likely in places with higher populations, or lower ones.