Data Source:
- Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/police-shootings/ for the death count
- US census data to get the population size to normalize to get the 2.5x for the race gap. I assumed a 50/50 population ratio for men/women even though that’s not perfectly accurate it seemed close enough
Tools:
- d3.js for the little people
- Photoscape for text
[OC] Deaths from Police Shootings: Gender Gap is 9x Larger than Race Gap
JelloBackground8007 OP t1_iws3xau wrote
Reply to [OC] Deaths from Police Shootings: Gender Gap is 9x Larger than Race Gap by JelloBackground8007
Full details at https://taboo.substack.com/p/police-violence
Data Source:
- Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/police-shootings/ for the death count
- US census data to get the population size to normalize to get the 2.5x for the race gap. I assumed a 50/50 population ratio for men/women even though that’s not perfectly accurate it seemed close enough
Tools:
- d3.js for the little people
- Photoscape for text