The issue of interactions between Americans and law enforcement can be characterized as deadly. The recent murder of Tyree Nichols highlights this ongoing trend. Below please find some of the latest statistics which document the deadly encounters between law enforcement and African Americans.
Renee Alter: “I Can’t Breathe”
In Memoriam: I Can't Breathe — Renée Ater (reneeater.com)
Police Killings by Country, 2023
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/police-killings-by-country
Mapping Police Violence (Updated 11/30/22)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6080222/
Darren Lyn, Timeline of Black Americans killed by police: 2014-2022 (Anadolou Agency, 5/22/2022)
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/timeline-of-black-americans-killed-by-police-2014-2022/2596913
Fatal Violence Against the Transgender and NonConforming Community in 2022 (Human Rights Campaign-HRC)
https://www.hrc.org/resources/fatal-violence-against-the-transgender-and-gender-non-conforming-community-in-2022
Full List of Black People Killed by Police in 2021 (Newsweek, 12/28/21)
https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-229-black-people-killed-police-since-george-floyds-murder-1594477
Vilissa Thompson and Advancing Equity and Justice, Disability, Juneteeth, et al, Understanding the Policing of Black Disabled Bodies (2/10/2021)
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/understanding-policing-black-disabled-bodies/
Black people more than three times as likely to be killed during a Police encounter (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 6/24/20)
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/blacks-whites-police-deaths-disparity/
Black Drivers More Likely to Be Stopped by Police (New York University Publications, 2020)
https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2020/may/black-drivers-more-likely-to-be-stopped-by-police.html
David A. Harris, Driving While Black: Racial Profiling on Our Nation’s Highways (ACLU Special Report, June 1999)
https://www.aclu.org/report/driving-while-black-racial-profiling-our-nations-highways