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Police shot dead a record 1,055 people last year - the highest number in seven years: Black people killed at twice the rate as white
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - The Washington Post on Thursday released the latest analysis from its database of fatal police shootings in the United States
- The number of people killed by officers was the highest since they began keeping records seven years ago, with 1,055 dying in 2021
- In 2020 the figure was 1,021, which criminologists say is not a statistically significantly change with 2021
- The most affected people were young black men, and 14 percent had known mental health struggles
- Three quarters of those killed were armed with a gun or a knife - 632 had a firearm, and 154 had a knife
- California had the most fatal police shootings, with 141, while Rhode Island only had one
Posted by: Skidmark 2022-02-11 |
