Bureau of justice statistics notes the agency receives data on only a portion of deaths. But a december 2016 report on arrest related deaths from the u s. A string of high profile deaths of black men in police custody in recent years has raised questions about how black americans are treated during and immediately after their arrest.
The us department of justice is weighing possible hate crime charges in the us state of georgia over the shooting death of ahmaud arbery an unarmed black man and the police handling of the case. The bubonic plague popularly known for the black death that spread. The first case of bubonic plague was found in the us saturday with a squirrel testing positive for the plague in colorado.
Bubonic plague detected in the us after teen dies from black death bubonic plague has been detected in the us state of colorado with the news emerging on the same day a teenage boy was. The racial disparities in the us death figures became apparent relatively early on in the pandemic particularly in large cities where black neighborhoods were hit much harder than wealthier white. Here s a timeline of.
The wave of protests in the us over the killing in police custody of george floyd are the latest outpourings of anger that have erupted after the deaths of black americans. Case of black death confirmed in colorado bubonic plague has been confirmed in the us amid growing fears of an outbreak of the disease known as the black death. Bubonic plague outbreak in us.
