Updated 03/15/2022
Mapping Police Violence
Law enforcement agencies across the country are failing to provide us with even basic information about the lives they take. So we collect the data ourselves. Scroll to explore.
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Police killed
1,144
people
in
the U.S.
in
2021
.
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Last updated 03/15/2022
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There were
15 days in
2021
when police
did not kill
people
in
the U.S.
.
Killings by police in 2021
- 0
- 1
- 2
- 3+
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Black people are 2.9x more likely to be killed
by police than white people in
the U.S.
.
Police killings per 1 million people in the U.S., 2013–2022
Populations via 2020 Census data
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Police killed
12 more
people
in
the U.S.
in
2021
compared to the
previous year.
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Police killed
people
in 50 states
and the District of Columbia
in
2021
.
Fewer police killings
More police killings
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Sage Journals
10/19/2021
The threshold for being perceived as dangerous, and thereby falling victim to lethal police force, appears to be higher for White civilians relative to their Black or Hispanic peers.
SSRN
8/31/2021
Protest against police brutality reduces officer-involved fatalities for African Americans and Latinos (but not for Whites)