In 2018, law enforcement officers committed 410 justifiable homicides in the United States. A justifiable homicide is defined as the killing of a felon during the commission of a felony.
What is homicide?
Homicide occurs when one person kills another; however it is not exactly the same as murder. It may or may not be considered criminal. Legal examples include a person killer an intruder in their home or capital punishment. There are different types of homicide, which includes murder and manslaughter.
A justifiable homicide is defined as the killing of a felon, during the commission of a felony.
Data for law enforcement officers can be found here.
Data for previous years can be found here.
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FBI. (September 30, 2019). Number of justifiable homicides by law enforcement officers and private citizens in the United States from 2007 to 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 22, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/251894/number-of-justifiable-homicides-in-the-us/
FBI. "Number of justifiable homicides by law enforcement officers and private citizens in the United States from 2007 to 2018." Chart. September 30, 2019. Statista. Accessed January 22, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/251894/number-of-justifiable-homicides-in-the-us/
FBI. (2019). Number of justifiable homicides by law enforcement officers and private citizens in the United States from 2007 to 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 22, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/251894/number-of-justifiable-homicides-in-the-us/
FBI. "Number of Justifiable Homicides by Law Enforcement Officers and Private Citizens in The United States from 2007 to 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Sep 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/251894/number-of-justifiable-homicides-in-the-us/
FBI, Number of justifiable homicides by law enforcement officers and private citizens in the United States from 2007 to 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/251894/number-of-justifiable-homicides-in-the-us/ (last visited January 22, 2020)
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