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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...
- Reporter
Jun 1, 2021 · Researchers documented the deaths of 32,542 people who have been killed by police since 2000, 60% of whom constitute people of color, who make up just 40% of the U.S. population.
May 25, 2023 · Black people in America are killed by the police at three times the rate of their white counterparts. And the number of deaths has remained consistent from year to year. Victims and their...
Oct 1, 2021 · Deaths involving police have been greatly undercounted in the United States, and African American people die in such encounters at 3.5 times the rate of whites, according to a new analysis...
- Martin Kaste
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...
- Sam Levin
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 the ...
Apr 27, 2021 · Tue 27 Apr 2021 02.00 EDT. The systematic killing and maiming of unarmed African Americans by police amount to crimes against humanity that should be investigated and prosecuted under...
