How Many Unarmed Black People Were Killed by Police? (2021)

Liberals were the least accurate group—over 70% gave answers that were off by between 1 and 2 orders of magnitude (i.e., saying 100 or 1,000 unarmed black men were killed by police, when the actual number was 11).

How Many Unarmed Black People Were Killed by Police? (2021)

According to the Washington Post “Police Shooting Database,” regarded by Nature as the “most complete database,” 11 unarmed black men were fatally shot by police in 2021.

Liberals were the least accurate group—over 70% gave answers that were off by between 1 and 2 orders of magnitude (i.e., saying 100 or 1,000 unarmed black men were killed by police, when the actual number was 11).