[PapaBear3625]

More whites are shot by police than blacks, the ratio is nearly 2:1.

Blacks account for a majority of murder and robbery arrests, the crimes most likely to have police arrest with drawn weapons.

This indicates that white police officers hesitate to shoot a black offender, even when doing so puts themselves at risk, because they want to avoid a possible riot over it.

[jazminerose]

Any officer who has heard of Rodney King will try desperately to avoid shooting black suspects.