Political Scientist Rebuts Hysteria On Police Shootings, Says It’s A ‘Truffle Hunt For Racism’
“…Political scientist Wilfred Reilly said during an interview with Daily Caller’s Brianna Lyman that racism doesn’t play a substantial role in police shootings.
Data from NPR found since 2015, 135 unarmed black Americans have been killed by police, which translates to approximately 27 people per year, although some years could differ. Approximately a quarter occurred during traffic stops, according to the report.
Among individuals who identify as “very liberal,” 53.5% believed that in 2019 1,000 or more unarmed black men were killed by police, the Skeptic Research Center found.
Available data, however, shows in 2019 approximately 13 unarmed black men were fatally shot by police while 27 unarmed black men were killed by police by any means, according to The Washington Post and Mapping Political Violence respectively…”