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RE: It’s called self defense.

Good point.

Another FReeper posted this link.U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics PATTERNS & TRENDS Homicide Trends in the United States, 1980-2008

In the report I found this table.Most justifiable homicides were intraracial. In incidents involving citizens,

three-quarters involved citizens and felons of the same race;
in incidents involving police, two-thirds involved police officers and felons of the same race.

TABLE 14 Percent of justifiable homicides

Race of felon
	Race of citizen who killed felon				Race of officer who killed felon
	Total	White	Black	Other*	Total	White	Black	Other^*
Total	100%	55%	42%	3%	100%	86%	13%	1%
White	41%	37%	3%	1%	60%	56%	3%	1%
Black	57	17	39	2	38	27	11	--
Other	2	1	--	1	3	2	--	--

Note: Detail may not sum to total due to rounding. -- Less than 0.5%.

*Other race includes American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asians, Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders

Note: Justifiable homicides are defined as the killing of a felon by a law enforcement officer in the line of duty or the killing of a felon during the commission of a felony by a private citizen. Numbers are based on only justifiable homicides reported to the FBI’s Supplementary Homicide Reports Program from 1980 through 2008. (on Page 33)