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by sixothree 2184 days ago
Wait. Do we have actual numbers of police shootings? Aren't these things self-reported and under-reported?
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I think total killings are pretty accurately reporting.

There were about 1100 police killings in 2019. This includes people shot or beaten to death by officers on or off duty. [1] About 10% of these people were unarmed. This statistic is the one which is most likely under-reported. About 50 police are feloniously killed per year [2]

[1] https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/06/05/policekillings/ [2] https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-release...

Thank you.
I feel like they probably always report them but lie about the circumstances and say the shooting was justified.