The characteristics of police officers who shoot civilians closely reflect the pool of all police officers. Nationwide, 73% of all police officers are white, 12% are Hispanic and 12% are black. By comparison, 79% of officers involved in shootings in 2015 were white, 12% were Hispanic and 6% were black.
Of those civilians fatally shot, 55% were white, 27% were black and 19% were Hispanic.
It's almost as if we're being misled.
There's significantly less of a chance of sparking a protest/riot.