When white shooters kill black victims, 34% of the resulting homicides are deemed justifiable, but when black shooters kill white victims, only 3% of the deaths are deemed justified in court - proving that people of color are victims on both sides of the gun.
For instance, homicides caused by negligence or those deemed justifiable by prosecutors are not counted.
The FBI keeps track of what are deemed "justifiable homicides" by police officers.
Officials have reclassified the death — it is no longer deemed "justifiable" — and police are pressing federal prosecutors to review the case.
The deaths referred to as "law enforcement homicides" in the BJS report and what the FBI calls "justifiable homicides by law enforcement" are roughly equivalent, Planty and a second senior BJS official told the Guardian, in part because nearly all homicides by police, if adjudicated at all, are deemed "justifiable", meaning not criminal.
Take a look: In 2012, there were 8,855 criminal gun homicides in the FBI's homicide database, but only 258 gun killings by private citizens that were deemed justifiable, which the FBI defines as "the killing of a felon, during the commission of a felony, by a private citizen".
That these clothes cost more than basic basics -- Mason's khakis and cargos, which have acquired almost a cult following, can run as high as $300 -- could be deemed justifiable if you consider what you gain by not stressing over whether you look too done.
For example, the data released Monday shows that 441 people were fatally shot by law enforcement officers last year in cases deemed justifiable homicides, while The Post's database (launched in part because of incomplete federal data) found that 990 people were fatally shot by officers.
Reminder emails were sent which did increase the responses slightly, but the effort and cost to try to increase participation beyond this rate was not deemed justifiable.
In 2012, there were 8,855 criminal gun homicides in the FBI's homicide database, but only 258 gun killings by private citizens that were deemed justifiable, which the FBI defines as "the killing of a felon, during the commission of a felony, by a private citizen". That works out to one justifiable gun death for every 34 unjustifiable gun deaths.
All of the troopers' shots were deemed justifiable "and, in fact, necessary," Malheur County Dist.
