us. >> thanks for having me. >> this was a year-long study launched by "the post." why did the paper take on such a huge project? >> well, so what we saw in 2014 towards s the end of 2014 is t nation was gripped with these stories. whether michael brown or tamir rice, john crawford. there were so many of these police shootings happening and capturing the headlines and attention. they raised tough questions about police and race and law enforcement. as journalists we asked, what context can we put it in? police unions saying this never happens. civil rights groups saying gunmen are being gunned down in the streets, executed every day. there was no answer. the feds didn't keep the data. we decided we were going to do that. >> the paper compiled six takeaways from that study. we'll put those on the screen. does it look, bottom line, does it look like police are being