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Dec 5, 2022 · More than half of people shot and killed by police are between 20 and 40 years old. An overwhelming majority of the victims are male — over 95 percent. Explore the data. This database contains...
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Mar 11, 2024 · As of March 5, 41 people aged 45 years and over were fatally shot by U.S. law enforcement officers in 2024. 300 people in the same age group were shot to death by police in 2023, and 263 in...
Evidence suggests that there have been some successful reforms to reduce police violence from 1970 to 1985; 50 cities with populations larger than 250 000 residents halved their fatal police violence from 353 to 172 per year, primarily through banning shooting of non-violent fleeing suspects.
Mar 11, 2024 · Sadly, the trend of fatal police shootings in the United States seems to only be increasing, with a total 178 civilians having been shot, 32 of whom were Black, as of March 5, 2024. In 2023, there...
Oct 27, 2020 · In an analysis of 4,653 fatal shootings for which information about both race and age were available, the researchers found a small but statistically significant decline in white deaths (about 1%) but no significant change in deaths for BIPOC.
Mar 13, 2024 · The various media repositories produce comparable national estimates of fatal injuries from police use of force. 7,12 These sources have been used to describe disparities in fatal injuries by age, 13,14 race, 11,13,15 gender, 13 armed status, 15,16 mental health status, 15 and other characteristics, including US region. 13,15,17 In an illustrati...
Jun 23, 2021 · Free and accessible to users, including the public, via maps and spreadsheets, it includes the location of the homicide, cause of death, the poverty level of the area in which the killing took...
