deaths due to police actions in USA
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I was in a Hackathon this week and we were pulling data related to statistics on deaths due to police actions in the United States. The information is available is at fatalencounters.org, and visualization is created with D3.js map and chartjs. All the code can be found in github.
First we look at the number of deaths in different states over the last 20 years.
California’s number is high because of she has the highest population. The next map shows the per capita (1 per 100,000 people).
Surprisingly, the number of deaths in Alaska is high. You can find a lot of information online.
Next, we look at the death counts by age, the chart below is a section of the age chart where 17 to 55 years old is the age range to look out for.
Males are the generally affected as you can see in the chart below.
The next chart on race is not very interesting because the unspecified bar is too high.
Lastly, and most importantly, the number of death increases over years.
It is evident that something is wrong with the way how police executes, or the co-operation between police and public has worsen over years.
The source code is all in github. Follow a few liner in README.md and you should see these maps and charts in your favorite web browser. Enjoy.
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