Police Brutality Statistics

Police brutality has been one of the major issues in America for decades and should be resolved immediately. Statistics say that In May of 2015, it has been analyzed the 385 fatal police shootings in the United States have occurred so far in 2015. The number, which came out to two officer-involved shooting deaths per day, was more than twice the rate that the government had recorded over the past decade. That same report found blacks to be killed at three times the rate of whites or other minorities. It also found that almost a quarter of those killed were identified as mentally ill by police or family members. Law enforcement should operate as a component that comprises civilized and organized officers. The existence of police brutality is