Sadly, the trend of fatal police shootings in the United States seems to only be increasing, with a total 710 civilians having been shot, 154 of whom were Black, as of August 6, 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 August 2024.
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Washington Post. (August 6, 2024). Number of people shot to death by the police in the United States from 2017 to 2024*, by race [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 20, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/?fbclid=IwAR3gSGFOXu_6_KvTG6y8f_nsAj-_pNu-woarmklBTePC6IB49RX1x6i5hS8
Washington Post. "Number of people shot to death by the police in the United States from 2017 to 2024*, by race." Chart. August 6, 2024. Statista. Accessed September 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/?fbclid=IwAR3gSGFOXu_6_KvTG6y8f_nsAj-_pNu-woarmklBTePC6IB49RX1x6i5hS8
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: September 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/?fbclid=IwAR3gSGFOXu_6_KvTG6y8f_nsAj-_pNu-woarmklBTePC6IB49RX1x6i5hS8
Washington Post. "Number of People Shot to Death by The Police in The United States from 2017 to 2024*, by Race." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Aug 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/?fbclid=IwAR3gSGFOXu_6_KvTG6y8f_nsAj-_pNu-woarmklBTePC6IB49RX1x6i5hS8
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=IwAR3gSGFOXu_6_KvTG6y8f_nsAj-_pNu-woarmklBTePC6IB49RX1x6i5hS8 (last visited September 20, 2024)
Number of people shot to death by the police in the United States from 2017 to 2024*, by race [Graph], Washington Post, August 6, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/?fbclid=IwAR3gSGFOXu_6_KvTG6y8f_nsAj-_pNu-woarmklBTePC6IB49RX1x6i5hS8