Mapping Law Killings

So far this twelvemonth 463 people convey been shot dead past times the law inwards the United States. The Washington Post has compiled (and volition conk along to update) a database of the victims of these law shootings.

The Post's Police Shootings interactive allows you lot to explore the information inwards a seat out of formats, including a timeline, cartogram in addition to interactive map. The map sentiment shows the locations of 413 of the shootings (50 shootings amongst unverified locations are non shown on the map). The map includes a seat out of options which let you lot to filter the consequence past times the sex, race in addition to historic menstruation of the victims.

The cartogram sentiment shows the seat out of shootings (per 1 K m people) past times state. Normalizing the information past times population agency that you lot tin brand a reasonable comparing betwixt each state. The cartogram reveals that Oklahoma has the worst tape of law shootings in addition to that the highest soil rates autumn inwards the due south in addition to west.