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Jun 19, 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 unnecessary...
Apr 29, 2021 · Protecting Against Police Brutality and Official Misconduct. Amendments to the criminal civil rights law could provide the federal government with a powerful tool to pursue law enforcement accountability. Taryn A. Merkl. Eric H. Holder Jr. Published: April 29, 2021. Download Report. Download Annotated Proposal. SOPA Images/Getty.
News about police brutality, misconduct and shootings, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Jan 6, 2023 · US law enforcement killed at least 1,176 people in 2022, making it the deadliest year on record for police violence since 2013 when experts first started tracking the killings nationwide, a new...
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...
WHAT IS “POLICE BRUTALITY”? The term “police brutality” is sometimes used to refer to various human rights violations by police. This might include beatings, racial abuse, unlawful killings, torture, or indiscriminate use of riot control agents at protests. WHY IS POLICE BRUTALITY A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE?
Apr 27, 2021 · The systematic killing and maiming of unarmed African Americans by police amount to crimes against humanity that should be investigated and prosecuted under international law, an inquiry into US...
