maddogs hideaway

Since we originally made this report, four more police officers have been killed by gunfire. (Note: There is a fifth officer who died of injuries related to a gunshot, but the actual shooting occurred in 2014.

29 police officers have been killed by gunshots in 2015 so far. 20 are white, 7 are black, one is Asian, and one is Native American.

Of the 20 white officers, the race of the killer is not known in two cases. Of the other 18, eight were killed by blacks, 8 by whites, 2 by Latinos. One Asian officer was killed by a black, and one Native American was killed by a Native America.

In cases where the race of the killer is known, 59% are black. Since blacks make up about 12.5% of the US population, this is a huge disparity.

Blacks are also over-represented in the percentage of officers killed. About 12% of American law enforcement are black, but 24% of the victims in 2015 so far have been black. This means black officers are currently being killed at a much higher rate than other officers. All seven black officers were killed by a black suspect.

(Making an educated guess that Charles Joseph Gliniewicz was killed by a white perpetrator and James Bennett, Jr. was killed by a black perpetrator, that would still make blacks responsible for 59% of the total 29 officers killed. This means that blacks are killing police officers at over ten times the rate that white people do.)

Perpetrators (in cases where the race is known):

59% Black
30% White
7.5% Latino
3.5% American Indian

Perpetrator/Victim:
B/B: 7
B/A: 1
B/W: 8
L/W: 2
W/W: 8
U/W: 2
N/N: 1

New:
Randolph Holder, Black Officer, Black Suspect.
Steven Martin Sandberg, White Officer, White Suspect
Gregory Thomas Alia, White Officer, Black Suspect
Bill Myers, White Officer, White Suspect

Joseph Cameron Ponder. White Officer, Black Perpetrator
Charles Joseph Gliniewicz, White Officer, Unknown Perpetrator
Darren H. Goforth, White officer, Black Perpetrator
Police Officer Henry Nelson, Black Officer, Black Perpetrator
Senior Trooper Steven Vincent, White Officer, White Perpetrator
Deputy Sheriff Carl Howell, White Officer, White Perpetrator
Police Officer Thomas LaValley, White Officer, Black Perpetrator
Police Officer Sean Michael Bolton, White Officer, Black Perpetrator
Sergeant Scott Lunger, White Officer, Latino Perpetrator
Police Officer Daryle Holloway, Black officer, Black Perpetrator
Police Officer Sonny Kim, Asian Officer, Black Perpetrator
Gregg “Nigel” Benner, White Officer, Latino Perpetrator
Patrolman James Bennett, Jr., White Officer, Unknown Perpetrator
Detective Kerrie Orozco, White Officer, Black Perpetrator
Reserve Deputy Sonny Smith, White Officer, White Perpetrator
Police Officer Benjamin Deen, White Officer, Black Perpetrator
Police Officer Liquori Tate, Black Officer, Black Perpetrator
Sergeant Greg Moore, White Officer, White Perpetrator
Detective Brian Moore, White Officer, Black Perpetrator
Police Officer Michael Johnson, White Officer, White Perpetrator
Trooper Trevor Casper, White Officer, White Perpetrator
Police Officer Alex Yazzie, Native American Officer, Native American Perpetrator
Deputy U.S. Marshal Josie Wells, Black Officer, Black Perpetrator
Police Officer Robert Wilson, III, Black Officer, Black Perpetrator
Detective Terence Avery Green, Black Officer, Black Perpetrator