Sadly, the trend of fatal police shootings in the United States seems to only be increasing, with a total 828 civilians having been shot, 181 of whom were Black, as of September 10, 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 6.2 fatal shootings per million of the population per year between 2015 and September 2024.
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Washington Post. (September 10, 2024). Number of people shot to death by the police in the United States from 2017 to 2024*, by race [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 06, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/?fbclid=IwAR21-21QGwb6vJo3n6aJMPRfdWlBEoSm5p0pe-dQFrhlxhl9mld95eOFC5k
Washington Post. "Number of people shot to death by the police in the United States from 2017 to 2024*, by race." Chart. September 10, 2024. Statista. Accessed October 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/?fbclid=IwAR21-21QGwb6vJo3n6aJMPRfdWlBEoSm5p0pe-dQFrhlxhl9mld95eOFC5k
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: October 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/?fbclid=IwAR21-21QGwb6vJo3n6aJMPRfdWlBEoSm5p0pe-dQFrhlxhl9mld95eOFC5k
Washington Post. "Number of People Shot to Death by The Police in The United States from 2017 to 2024*, by Race." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Sep 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/?fbclid=IwAR21-21QGwb6vJo3n6aJMPRfdWlBEoSm5p0pe-dQFrhlxhl9mld95eOFC5k
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=IwAR21-21QGwb6vJo3n6aJMPRfdWlBEoSm5p0pe-dQFrhlxhl9mld95eOFC5k (last visited October 06, 2024)
Number of people shot to death by the police in the United States from 2017 to 2024*, by race [Graph], Washington Post, September 10, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/?fbclid=IwAR21-21QGwb6vJo3n6aJMPRfdWlBEoSm5p0pe-dQFrhlxhl9mld95eOFC5k