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Not Just “A Few Bad Apples”: US Police Kill Civilians at Much Higher Rates Than Other Countries
There is no question that the number of police killings of civilians in the U.S. – who are disproportionately Black and other people of color – are the result of policies and practices that enable and even encourage police violence. Compared to police in other wealthy democracies, American police kill civilians at incredibly high rates.