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More than half of US killings by police go unreported: Study
A new study highlights a pattern of racism in policing, authors say. A new study on fatal police violence shows more than half of killings by police were left unreported in the last 40 years, and that Black Americans were estimated to be 3.5 times more likely to...

What Tyre Nichols’ death at the hands of Black officers says about race in policing
The cycle of police violence and protest in America has so often been told as a story of white officers killing Black men that three words — “Black lives matter” — stand as global shorthand. But the death of Tyre Nichols has challenged the narrative. The...

How unjust police killings damage the mental health of Black Americans
Research tracks the ways racial discrimination wreaks a physical, psychological toll. Since the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, many African Americans have reported feeling overwhelmed at times...

Last Year Was Deadliest Year on Record for Police Violence in the US
At least 1,176 people were killed by law enforcement officers in the US last year, the most of any year since at least 2013. That’s 36 more people than 2021, according to the nonprofit Mapping Police Violence, which last...

Understanding What Police Brutality Is and Why It Occurs
Most encounters with the police do not involve violence. A U.S. Department of Justice Report measured contact between police and the public in 2018. Around 61.5 million people had an encounter with the police the year before the...