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May 25, 2021 · According to the Mapping Police Violence database, officers across the country have killed at least 229 Black people since Floyd's death in Minneapolis on May 25 last year. The vast majority...
Jan 25, 2021 · Since 2015, police officers have fatally shot at least 135 unarmed Black men and women nationwide, an NPR investigation has found. NPR reviewed police, court and other records to examine...
Police and National Guardsmen shot three people in apartments after reports of sniper fire. Rebecca Brown: 29 Hattie Gainer: 53 July 15, 1967 William Furr: 25 Newark, New Jersey: Police shot Furr as he fled a looted liquor store. July 16, 1967 Michael Pugh: 12 Newark, New Jersey: National Guardsmen shot Pugh as he went to take his family's ...
Jan 8, 2024 · Mon 8 Jan 2024 10.00 EST. Police in the US killed at least 1,232 people last year, making 2023 the deadliest year for homicides committed by law enforcement in more than a decade, according to...
Mar 3, 2022 · Black people, who account for 13 percent of the U.S. population, accounted for 27 percent of those fatally shot and killed by police in 2021, according to Mapping Police Violence, a nonprofit...
May 29, 2020 · AT THE SMITHSONIAN. The Long, Painful History of Police Brutality in the U.S. A 1963 protest placard in the Smithsonian collections could almost be mistaken for any of the Black Lives Matter...
Sep 30, 2021 · ‘I’m past angry’: Police shooting victims’ families, civil rights leaders condemn failed police reform talks By Nicquel Terry Ellis , CNN 6 minute read
