amount of people killed by police
The Washington Post tracked shootings (only) in 2015 and on May 30 reported a rate so far that would be equal to 937 shootings/year (385 as of that date). The Guardian is also tracking killings in 2015 and counted 464 killed as of the end of May (rate of 1122/yr). . In 2015, CopCrisis used the Killed by Police data to generate infographics about police killings. The National Police Misconduct Reporting Project, started in 2009 by David Packman, is now owned and operated by the Cato Institute. In the first five months of this year, 19 unarmed black men were shot and killed by the police in the U.S. The Guardian compares that with Germany, where 15 citizens of any race were fatally shot in the two years from 2010 to 2011. California led the nation in the number of victims. So far this year, 107 people died in police-involved incidents in the state, significantly more than Texas, which came in second with 67 deaths. Florida was the third most deadly with 46. Per capita, Oklahoma tops the list with 29 deaths. The FBI’s stats show that in all of 2013 there were 461 people killed by cops, but when using the new site, which only shows from May 1 to Dec. 31, 2013, police actually killed 748 people. Keep in mind, 748 is drastically more than the feds claim police killed the entire year but only accounts for 8 months of 2013. The site shows 2014’s total number killed by police to be at 1,029 with a few weeks left in the year. Here is a link to their Facebook page. This is another wonderful tool to be utilized in holding law enforcement accountable for their actions, as they can no longer hide these numbers from the public. Nationally, the percentage of unreported killings by police is probably lower than among agencies in Central Florida.... The Death In Custody Reporting Act required states to report individuals who die in police custody. Protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, August 2014 Raffe Lazarian/ZUMA Wire/ZUMA. Since a police officer shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, one month ago, reporters and researchers have scrambled to find detailed data on how often cops wound or kill civilians. David White : Well, if you include people killed in a traffic accident with police, police officers who commit suicide, people who overdose and die while police are transporting them, and other such incidents, I guess the number WOULD be higher. The number of police-related fatalities in the U.S reached 664 in 2015, making the country’s police force one of the deadliest in the developed world, according to data from The Guardian, a British newspaper. 1 List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, 2011 (listed: 8889). 2  List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, 2010 (listed: 7787). 3  List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, 2009 (listed: 9767). Listed below are lists of people killed by law enforcement in the United States, whether in the line of duty or not, and regardless of reason or method. Inclusion in the lists implies neither wrongdoing nor justification on the part of the person killed or the officer involved.
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