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May 27, 2023 · 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...
Sep 30, 2021 · Police killings in America have been undercounted by more than half over the past four decades, according to a new study that raises pointed questions about racial bias among medical examiners...
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...
Jun 19, 2020 · 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...
May 13, 2021 · 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 ...
Apr 29, 2021 · In addition to law enforcement brutality, other types of official misconduct shock the conscience. These include sexual misconduct by public officials; officials’ failure to provide medical treatment to people who are under arrest or in jail or prison; and pervasive violence by correctional officers in jails and prisons, where excessive force ...
News about police brutality, misconduct and shootings, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
