Contacts Between Police And The Public, 2018 - Statistical Tables
Erika Harrell, Ph.D., Elizabeth Davis, BJS Statisticians
December 17, 2020 NCJ 255730
Highlights:
In the prior 12 months, as of 2018, among persons age 16 or older—
About 61.5 million residents had at least one contact with police.
Twenty-four percent of residents experienced contact with police, up from 21% in 2015.
Whites (26%) were more likely than blacks (21%), Hispanics (19%), or persons of other races (20%) to experience police contact.
There was no statistically significant difference in the percentage of whites (12%) and blacks (11%) who experienced police-initiated contact
https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=7167
In summary - more whites than blacks are killed per police encounter.