Sadly, the trend of fatal police shootings in the United States seems to only be increasing, with a total 469 civilians having been shot, 98 of whom were Black, as of May 27, 2024. In 2023, there were 1,163 fatal police shootings. Additionally, the rate of fatal police shootings among Black Americans was much higher than that for any other ethnicity, standing at 6.1 fatal shootings per million of the population per year between 2015 and May 2024.
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Washington Post. (May 27, 2024). Number of people shot to death by the police in the United States from 2017 to 2024*, by race [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 16, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/?fbclid=IwAR1WAGFkivZX5IONCY1LZKzyU28FnG-gVeMnucmZz6YtsZEs-1SEbOEPQgA
Washington Post. "Number of people shot to death by the police in the United States from 2017 to 2024*, by race." Chart. May 27, 2024. Statista. Accessed July 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/?fbclid=IwAR1WAGFkivZX5IONCY1LZKzyU28FnG-gVeMnucmZz6YtsZEs-1SEbOEPQgA
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: July 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/?fbclid=IwAR1WAGFkivZX5IONCY1LZKzyU28FnG-gVeMnucmZz6YtsZEs-1SEbOEPQgA
Washington Post. "Number of People Shot to Death by The Police in The United States from 2017 to 2024*, by Race." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/?fbclid=IwAR1WAGFkivZX5IONCY1LZKzyU28FnG-gVeMnucmZz6YtsZEs-1SEbOEPQgA
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=IwAR1WAGFkivZX5IONCY1LZKzyU28FnG-gVeMnucmZz6YtsZEs-1SEbOEPQgA (last visited July 16, 2024)
Number of people shot to death by the police in the United States from 2017 to 2024*, by race [Graph], Washington Post, May 27, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/?fbclid=IwAR1WAGFkivZX5IONCY1LZKzyU28FnG-gVeMnucmZz6YtsZEs-1SEbOEPQgA