In attempt to capture a fuller picture of
police killings in the U.S., citizen and activist groups have started
compiling their own statistics through crime and media reports. One of
the most comprehensive projects to date is a website called Killed By Police.
The site logged nearly 1,500 police-involved deaths between January 1,
2014 and April 30, 2015 and included documentation for each incident.
Friday, May 8, 2015
What 16 Months Of Police Killings In The U.S. Looks Like
The high profile deaths of men and women at the hands of law
enforcement officials in the last year—including Freddie Gray, Michael
Brown and Eric Garner—have thrust the issue of police-involved killings
into the national spotlight. But comprehensive data on the topic remains
elusive. Even the FBI failed to count at least half the number of
people killed by state and local law enforcement officers in the past
decade, according to a government report released in March.
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