Sadly, the trend of fatal police shootings in the United States seems to only be increasing, with a total 956 civilians having been shot, 207 of whom were Black, as of October 22, 2024. In 2023, there were 1,164 fatal police shootings. Additionally, the rate of fatal police shootings among Black Americans was much higher than that for any other ethnicity, standing at 6.2 fatal shootings per million of the population per year between 2015 and October 2024.
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Washington Post. (October 22, 2024). Number of people shot to death by the police in the United States from 2017 to 2024*, by race [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/?fbclid=IwAR0_UuEDV6Vdce0Fqw737Rsucv2daLwTEXeba2IlJvqKhrTlXWfaVMrcVnk
Washington Post. "Number of people shot to death by the police in the United States from 2017 to 2024*, by race." Chart. October 22, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/?fbclid=IwAR0_UuEDV6Vdce0Fqw737Rsucv2daLwTEXeba2IlJvqKhrTlXWfaVMrcVnk
Washington Post. (2024). Number of people shot to death by the police in the United States from 2017 to 2024*, by race. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/?fbclid=IwAR0_UuEDV6Vdce0Fqw737Rsucv2daLwTEXeba2IlJvqKhrTlXWfaVMrcVnk
Washington Post. "Number of People Shot to Death by The Police in The United States from 2017 to 2024*, by Race." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Oct 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/?fbclid=IwAR0_UuEDV6Vdce0Fqw737Rsucv2daLwTEXeba2IlJvqKhrTlXWfaVMrcVnk
Washington Post, Number of people shot to death by the police in the United States from 2017 to 2024*, by race Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/?fbclid=IwAR0_UuEDV6Vdce0Fqw737Rsucv2daLwTEXeba2IlJvqKhrTlXWfaVMrcVnk (last visited November 25, 2024)
Number of people shot to death by the police in the United States from 2017 to 2024*, by race [Graph], Washington Post, October 22, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/?fbclid=IwAR0_UuEDV6Vdce0Fqw737Rsucv2daLwTEXeba2IlJvqKhrTlXWfaVMrcVnk