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  1. Apr 18, 2024 · American police kill civilians at extraordinarily higher rates than police in other high-income democracies. According to the Prison Policy Initiative, a criminal justice think tank, in 2019, U.S. police killed 3.35 per 1 million people. Canadian police, the next highest on the list, killed 0.98 for every 1 million.

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  2. 3 days ago · The 1992 events in Los Angeles were compared to the May 2020 police murder of George Floyd in the U.S. city of Minneapolis that resulted in a global protest movement against police brutality and structural racism.

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    • April 29 – May 4, 1992, (6 days); 31 years ago
  3. 6 days ago · As of 2020, more than 800,000 sworn law enforcement officers have been serving in the United States. About 137,000 of those officers work for federal law enforcement agencies. [1] Law enforcement operates primarily through governmental police agencies. There are 17,985 police agencies in the United States which include local police departments ...

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  5. Apr 10, 2024 · The Police Are Killing One Group at a Staggering Rate, and Nobody Is Talking About It. Police Brutality and Racism in America. Racial Disparities in Fatal Police Shootings: an Empirical Analysis Informed by Critical Race Theory. Racial Profiling: A Persistent Civil Rights Challenge Even in the Twenty-First Century.

  6. 3 days ago · The use of force by police in many nations has historically come under intense scrutiny by the public and media. This is most apparent in the United States as it relates to police-involved interactions, particularly when a criminal suspect is a member of a minority or underrepresented group. Fueled predominantly by social media and concurrently ...

  7. Apr 18, 2024 · Despite heightened activism and public outcry, police killings of civilians—especially people of color—are on the rise. In 2023, police shot and killed 1,160 people, up from 1,097 in 2022, according to Statista. The numbers have steadily risen since 2017, when 987 people lost their lives in police shootings.

  8. Apr 10, 2024 · Police killings per 1 million people in the U.S., 2013–2022 [Chart]. Mapping Police Violence. https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/ ?year=2021&location=the+U.S.&type=people&chart=RateByRace. Last Updated: Apr 10, 2024 8:47 AM. URL: https://libguides.greenriver.edu/blackhistory. Print Page.