The data set originates from The Guardian it is available from Kaggle.
Before analysing the dataset I had innocently believed that Tasers were non lethal but this is not the case. The Metropolitan Police (London,UK) describe Tasers as 'less lethal'. The US data shows 50 people died in 2015 in the US as a result of being shot by a Taser. This number dropped to 22 in 2016. Some summary stats number killed by police officers in 2015 in the US using a Taser = 50 (4% of total number of people killed by police) number killed by police officers in 2016 in the US using a Taser = 22 (2% of total number of people killed by police) of the 50 killed in 2015 how many were armed: No 46 Other 2 Knife 1 Firearm 1 of the 22 killed in 2016 how many were armed: No 18 Other 3 Knife 1 Compare these numbers to those who were shot dead by police using a gun: in 2015, how many were armed Firearm 551 Knife 152 No 114 Other 61 Non-lethal firearm 47 Vehicle 44 Unknown 44 Disputed 4 in 2016, how many were armed Firearm 496 Knife 154 Unknown 105 No 93 Other 64 Non-lethal firearm 46 Vehicle 35 Disputed 11 Enthnicity of those killed by Taser in 2015: White 21 Black 19 Hispanic/Latino 7 Asian/Pacific Islander 2 Native American 1 Enthnicity of those killed by Taser in 2016: White 14 Black 5 Hispanic/Latino 2 Unknown 1 Gender, 2015: Male 49 Female 1 Gender, 2016: Male 21 Female 1 Age stats, 2015: max: 62 median: 38 min: 18 Age stats, 2016: max: 66 median: 39 min: 18 In summay the majority of people who died after being shot by a Taser were black or white males and were unarmed.
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