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From 2015 to 2020Q1, 753 unarmed people were killed by US police for an average of about 145/year or approximately one every 60 hours / 2.5 days. Key quote: "T
by zimpenfish 5y ago
From 2015 to 2020Q1, 753 unarmed people were killed by US police for an average of about 145/year or approximately one every 60 hours / 2.5 days.
Key quote: "The victims were unarmed in 1 in 6 (753;16%) fatal shootings."
https://www.bmj.com/company/newsroom/fatal-police-shootings-of-unarmed-black-people-in-us-more-than-3-times-as-high-as-in-whites/ https://www.bmj.com/company/newsroom/fatal-police-shootings-...
For balance, this 2018 gives lower numbers - hovering around 60ish per year. Although that is still significantly higher than 9.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/fatal-police-shootings-of-unarmed-people-have-significantly-declined-experts-say/2018/05/03/d5eab374-4349-11e8-8569-26fda6b404c7_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/fatal-police-s...