I should have been clearer (I was at work at the time and only had enough time for a cut and paste)... that entire post was from the Guardian, so the same location as the information that you posted, yet a different conclusion.
That being said, proportion means a lot. It means that every encounter with an officer we…

I’m not sure about the missiles, but you can put a flamethrower on one (it was legal in March 2016, I’m unsure about now though)

Young black men were nine times more likely than other Americans to be killed by police officers in 2015, according to the findings of a Guardian study that recorded a final tally of 1,134 deaths at the hands of law enforcement officers this year.

Despite making up only 2% of the total US population, African American…

Part of the problem is the training... I mentioned it in a post above, but they are trained to believe a suspect for ANYTHING (traffic stops, jay walking, etc.) is subhuman.
You are not a person, you are a perp.
If I end up shooting you it’s ok because you aren’t a person, you are beneath a person, you are a perp.

The god complex you are mentioning is taught. Police are taught that everyone that could be suspicious is a “thug” or a “perp” and that they are not human and do not deserve the same protections as humans. Then you combine that with someone who has existing racial bias, and poof, that entire race is now considered…