The title of this visual is “Rate of Police Killings, African Americans vs. All Other Races”. The visual is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center for Health Statistics. Both sources are reputable and tend to report on facts and statistical information gathered from the population. I threw in an image captured by a bystander of an unarmed black man in Oklahoma being violently wrestled to the ground to give a real life perspective to the chart.
Content: This graphic shows a chart of law enforcement killings per million people in a population on an annual average over the course of 43 years. The green line represents African Americans under the age of 25, the red line represents African Americans over the age of 25, the white line represents all other races …show more content…
In exercising their right, Police departments throughout America often abuse it and use force lethally, injuring and killing people who pose little to no danger. The surge of several highly publicized incidents of unfair treatment by police have sparked widespread debate over the relationship between police officers and the public. To add to the chaos, many of the police officers being accused of misconduct are acquitted of charges or not charged at all. This perception of injustice has awakened activist groups such as “Black Lives Matter” and demonstrators throughout the nation and on social media in an attempt to bring awareness to the issue and put a stop to the violence. For this reason, I think that the graphic is effective. Graphics such as this and many others report facts about what is happening with law enforcement officers and community members across the nation, and gives people the information they need to make informed decisions and form fair opinions about police brutality and the use of excessive
Content: This graphic shows a chart of law enforcement killings per million people in a population on an annual average over the course of 43 years. The green line represents African Americans under the age of 25, the red line represents African Americans over the age of 25, the white line represents all other races …show more content…
In exercising their right, Police departments throughout America often abuse it and use force lethally, injuring and killing people who pose little to no danger. The surge of several highly publicized incidents of unfair treatment by police have sparked widespread debate over the relationship between police officers and the public. To add to the chaos, many of the police officers being accused of misconduct are acquitted of charges or not charged at all. This perception of injustice has awakened activist groups such as “Black Lives Matter” and demonstrators throughout the nation and on social media in an attempt to bring awareness to the issue and put a stop to the violence. For this reason, I think that the graphic is effective. Graphics such as this and many others report facts about what is happening with law enforcement officers and community members across the nation, and gives people the information they need to make informed decisions and form fair opinions about police brutality and the use of excessive