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Number of Police Killings in 2022 Outpace 2021
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
10 Jun 2022
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Black Agenda Radio · Police Killings in 2022 Outpace 2021

Police killings continue at a rate of more than 1,000 per year in the U.S., with 2022 numbers outpacing those of 2021. Samuel Sinyangwe, founder of Mapping Police Violence provides analysis of the death toll and of successful efforts to decrease the risk to Black lives.

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