In reference to the dataset, it encompasses information about fatal police shootings, and it is organised into two distinct sections. The first section contains details about the victims and the incidents, which can be found in the “fatal-police-shootings-data.csv” file located in the “/v2” directory. The second section comprises data regarding police agencies that have been involved in at least one fatal police shooting since 2015, accessible in the “fatal-police-shootings-agencies.csv” file, also situated in the “/v2” directory. I integrated these two CSV files by using the “agency_ids” value as a reference and eliminated any rows that had missing data (NaN values).
After a discussion with one of my fellow group members, in an effort to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the dataset, I generated a histogram as a visualisation tool. The histogram unveiled that the highest number of incidents involved individuals of the white racial group, followed by Black, Hispanic, Native American, and Asian individuals in descending order. This information provides valuable insights into the distribution of fatal police shootings across various racial groups.