Police killings in the United States
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The number of police killings in the United States has hovered around 1,100 every year since 2013 – equal to about three people per day – according to Mapping Police Violence, a research and advocacy group
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NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED BY POLICE IN U.S.*

Black people
All people

2013 1,111 291
2014 1,059 277
2015 1,103 305
2016 1,071 279
2017 1,071 276
2018 1,143 256
2019 1,099 258
 
Black people 3x more likely to be killed by police than white people

Black people made up about 24 percent of those killed by police in 2019, despite being only 13 percent of U.S. population

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*Where person dies due to being shot, beaten, restrained, intentionally hit by police vehicle, pepper sprayed, tasered, or otherwise harmed by police officers, whether on-duty or off-duty
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Sources: Mapping Police Violence, The New York Times Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS