Some interesting numbers

[Quantum Windbag]

California is one of the few states that actually tracks this data, and the only one I know of the publishes openly.

In the 12 months before Mehserle killed Oscar Grant, law enforcement officers in California killed 102 people. Authorities deemed the incidents justifiable homicides. A recent report from the Attorney General Jerry Brown’s office sheds light on who is shot and killed by police in California.

The vast majority of people killed by law enforcement in 2008 were men. The number of justifiable homicides by private citizens in 2008 was 27.


Latinos were killed in nearly half of all 2008's justifiable homicides by law enforcement.


Peace officers killed six people under the age of 18.


The majority of justifiable homicides happened on the street.


One out of five people killed by law enforcement were in circumstances other than the commission of a crime or attacking an officer.

THE OAKBOOK - When Cops Kill: The Numbers

The most interesting thing in this is that about 20% of justifiable homicides by LEOs are not actively engaged in any criminal activity or threatening the LEO. I would love to have more information on those shootings.