[MeganC]

Walter was mislead on this::

“According to the FBI, the police kill about 400 people a year”

The FBI doesn’t gather such statistics on who gets killed by police so whoever told him this was not citing any official figure.

Estimates vary but for 2015 they ranged from 975 to 1186.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/12/28/3735190/killed-by-police-2015/

[Scutter]

Thanks, you should send Walter an email and let him know.

[Scutter]

Dr. Williams email address is: wwilliam@gmu.edu

[jazusamo]

Thanks, after a quick check your estimate figures for 2015 is what I found also.

[jazusamo]

Here’s a WaPo article mentioning nearly 400 people killed by police in 2015 but it’s dated May 30, 2015.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/fatal-police-shootings-in-2015-approaching-400-nationwide/2015/05/30/d322256a-058e-11e5-a428-c984eb077d4e_story.html

[rjsimmon]

The FBI does indeed gather such statistics:

FBI Stats 2014 (Table 14)

Total for 2014 was 444.