Updated 11/02/2024
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
1,353
people
in
the U.S.
in
2023
.
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Last updated 11/02/2024
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There were
13 days in
2023
when police
did not kill
people
in
the U.S.
.
Killings by police in 2023
- 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., 2013–2024
Race and ethnicity population data from the 2020 Decennial Census
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Police killed
86 more
people
in
the U.S.
in
2023
compared to the
previous year.
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Police killed
people
in 50 states
and the District of Columbia
in
2023
.
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)