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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...
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 ...
In a 2021 study of emergency room data from hospitals in five states, researchers found a correlation between police killings of unarmed Black people and a rise in the number of...
George Floyd: Timeline of black deaths and protests. 22 April 2021. Getty Images. A mural dedicated to George Floyd in Brooklyn, New York. Here's a timeline of major incidents since 2014...
A first-ever study in 2018 found that a police killing of an unarmed African American triggered days of poor mental health for Black people living in that state over the following three months — a significant problem given there are about 1,000 police killings annually on average, with African Americans comprising a disproportionate 25 ...
The Washington Post found that police killings are a leading cause of death for young men in America, specifically young Black men. In 2017, Black emerging adults, 20 – 24 years old, were...
19 June 2020. Update 26 May 2021. What the data say about police brutality and racial bias — and which reforms might work. Some interventions could help to reduce racism and rein in the use of...
