The racial breakdown of police involved shootings in Dallas, TX





Dallas Police Department - Officer involved Shootings - DIsposition of Suspects





Suspects Killed in Dallas PIS.


Suspects Injured in Dallas PIS.


Suspects Shot At and Missed in Dallas PIS.






So come on, grad students, get moving.


5 thoughts on “The racial breakdown of police involved shootings in Dallas, TX

  1. Not ThisGuy says:

    I feel like this data would be more useful if you compared it to data about the racial breakdown of calls to the police. Meaning, when the police received a report, was it in relation to a white, black or latino individual. Of course, you might find that more incidents are reported about blacks. (shrug) #itsaculturalproblem


  2. EMoon says:

    Thanks for this useful information. Clearly more data would be good–uniform reporting (as with certain medical diagnoses) would be ideal, but there’s enough here, and in many other reports, to make it clear that persons of color are disproportionately killed and injured by police, especially disproportionately when “unarmed” is part of the equation. Moreover, being disabled and/or mentally ill and a person of color increases the risk factor for maltreatment, including death. The incident this month of a homeless black man in San Francisco attacked by 14 police (someone had reported him “waving a stick”–he had only one leg and the “sticks” were his crutches: persons with crutches may signal with them) or earlier this year of a deaf black man being shot in the back because he was “fleeing arrest” by not stopping when a policeman out of his visual range called to him to stop, the several deaths in Texas of unarmed mentally ill persons shot dead (one while in a wheelchair–the “gun” was a ballpoint pen) are clear proof that the system is badly flawed.

    The bias starts early. In recent research study involving students from preschool through high school in a large metropolitan area (not Dallas), both race and class were shown to affect disciplinary decisions for the same types of infractions: black (and other poor) students were suspended or expelled in situations where white (and especially upper-middle class white) students were “counseled” with their parents. They are perceived as looking older and larger than non-black students the same age (relevant to recent shooting situations–such as the shooting of 12 yo Tamir Rice…who sure looked 11-12 to me) and as being aggressive and/or armed in situations where they are not.

    It is no wonder that black people expect maltreatment, sexual assault, and death at the hands of police.


  3. Kevin says:

    Actually you are interpreting that data wrong. Those graphs clearly show that there are far more Hispanic and White people killed by police in Dallas than Black people. If I am reading it correctly it says in 2003 there were 6 Hispanics, 4 Whites, and 2 Blacks shot and killed by Dallas Police. The only place in your data where Black people equal White people is the number of unarmed suspects shot and killed.


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