Analysis finds young black males 21 times more likely to be shot by police than whites

A new analysis from ProPublica found that young black males are 21 times more likely to be shot by the police than their white counterparts. The analysis used the FBI's Supplementary Homicide Report to analyze the over 12,000 police homicides recorded between 1980 and 2012. Between 2010 and 2012, they found young black males between ages 15 and 19 were killed at a rate of 31.17 per million, compared to 1.47 per million for young white males.

Some of the black males who are killed are very young, with 27 black males who were 14 or younger reported as killed for the duration of the records. Much of the records do not show why police killed the person. "There were many deadly shooting where the circumstances were listed as "undetermined." 77 percent of those killed in such instances were black," the study says. It also shows black officers kill people less than white officers, with only around 10 percent of reported killings being related to their actions, but they also kill mostly black people, who accounted for 78 percent of people killed by black officers.

The analysis states that black youth are being "killed at disturbing rates." It also states that there needs to be more data, because many police departments across the country do not contribute shooting records to the database. Specifically, Florida police departments "haven't filed reports since 1997," it says.