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Black, Latino suburbs have most shooting.(Police Shootings)(Cover story)

Publication: The Chicago Reporter
Publication Date: 01-NOV-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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In Chicago suburbs, more police shootings have occurred in communities with large black or Latino populations, The Chicago Reporter found.

Using news articles and court records, the Reporter gathered information on police shootings reported since 2000 and found that 73 shootings have in a...

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...occurred 52 out of 262 communities within the six-county area.

Of the 73 shootings, 19 occurred in 12 suburbs where, according to Census 2000, African Americans made up 25 percent or more of the population. With total of 231,830 residents, these communities had a rate of 0.82 shootings per 10,000 residents.

With 18 shootings,...

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