233 BLACK PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND KILLED BY POLICE IN 2016.

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Black Americans make up 13.6% of the U.S. population.

White Americans make up 78% of the U.S. population.

963 American people were shot and killed by police in 2016.

233 — or 24% — of them were black.

48% of them were white.

Black Americans are 2.5 times more likely than white Americans to be shot and killed by police.

Germonta Wallace, 30, was the first black person to be shot and killed by police in 2016.

Gerald Hall, 29, was the last black person to be shot and killed by police in 2016.

Tyre King, 13, was the youngest black person to be shot and killed by police in 2016.

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