Four Latino men have been shot by police in Salinas, California. An investigation is being sought. Unarmed white man, Dillon Taylor, shot to death in Salt Lake City, Utah in August. Washington Times and NY Times reports on protests. Forty-four percent of men killed in the last 33 years have been white. Huffington Post, Black Voices 10-10-2014. In the last few years, blacks stand a 21 percent greater chance of being shot dead by police than whites. Huffington Post. These figures need to be classified by type of offence, weapons involved, &c.
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