Police shot and killed at least 1,055 people across the U.S. last year — the highest number recorded by the Washington Post’s database of fatal police shootings.
and calls for reform, it's the highest number recorded by the Post, which began tracking fatal police shootings in the line of duty in 2015.
Police kill Black Americans at much higher rates than white Americans, per the Post's analysis. Over 95% are men and more than half are between 20 and 40 years of age.The number of total fatal shootings has hovered around 1,000 for years. 2021's total is within 60 of the average. "Probability theory may offer an explanation," the Post notes. "It holds that the quantity of rare events in huge populations tends to remain stable absent major societal changes, such as a fundamental shift in police culture or extreme restrictions on gun ownership."
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