Police killings in the United States
The fatal shooting of a 20-year-old Black man by a Minneapolis police officer during a traffic stop is the latest killing in a country where three civilians are shot dead by police every day


African Americans (13% of U.S. population)	White/Hispanic/other
00 Police line of duty deaths

1,102	1,070	1,091	1,146	1,096	1,127			1,000
305	279	277	261	276	233
27.7%	26.1%	25.4%	22.8%	25.2%	20.7%			800
797 	791	814	885	820	894
167	181	186	187	150	359	96		600
						268
						(to Mar 31)	400
						42
						15.7%		200
						226
    								0
2015 	2016 	2017	2018	2019	2020 	2021

     
Mar 13, 2020: Breonna Taylor, 26, is shot and killed by police officers during botched raid on her apartment in Louisville, Kentucky


Sources: Mapping Police Violence, ODMP.org 
Picture: Breonna Taylor Family 
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