‘It never stops’: killings by US police reach record high, at least 1,176 people or about 100 people a month in 2022

[beijingwalker]

‘It never stops’: killings by US police reach record high, at least 1,176 people or about 100 people a month in 2022​

Law enforcement killed at least 1,176 people or about 100 people a month last year, making it the deadliest for police violence

A vigil for Breonna Taylor, who was shot dead by police in Louisville Photograph: Sam Upshaw/AP


Fri 6 Jan 2023 06.00 EST

US law enforcement killed at least 1,176 people in 2022, making it the deadliest year on record for police violence since experts first started tracking the killings, a new data analysis reveals.

Police across the country killed an average of more than three people a day, or nearly 100 people every month last year according to Mapping Police Violence. The non-profit research group maintains a database of reported deaths at the hands of law enforcement, including people fatally shot, beaten, restrained and Tasered.

The preliminary 2022 total – a possible undercount as more cases are catalogued – marks 31 additional fatalities than the year before. In 2021, police killed 1,145 people; 1,152 in 2020; 1,097 in 2019; 1,140 in 2018; and 1,089 in 2017. The earliest data goes back to 2013, when advocates began counting these fatal incidents. A database run by the Washington Post, which tracks fatal shootings by police, also shows 2022 as a year with record killings.

The data release comes two years after the murder of George Floyd sparked national uprisings calling for racial justice, police accountability and reductions in the funding and size of police forces. Despite the international attention and some local efforts to curb police brutality, there has been an intensifying backlash to criminal justice reform, and the overall number of killings has remained alarmingly high.

“It just never stops,” said Bianca Austin, aunt of Breonna Taylor, whose March 2020 killing in Kentucky sparked mass protests. “There was a movement and uproar across the globe, and we’re still having more killings? What are we doing wrong? It’s so disheartening.”

Behind the numbers: ‘Routine encounters’​

While the numbers have crept up, the circumstances that precede the killings have remained consistent.

In 2022, 132 killings (11%) were cases in which no offense was alleged; 104 cases (9%) were mental health or welfare checks; 98 (8%) involved traffic violations; and 207 (18%) involved other allegations of nonviolent offenses. There were also 93 cases (8%) involving claims of a domestic disturbance and 128 (11%) where the person was allegedly seen with a weapon. Only 370 (31%) involved a potentially more serious situation, with an alleged violent crime.

“These are routine police encounters that escalate to a killing,” said Samuel Sinyangwe, a data scientist and policy analyst who founded Mapping Police Violence and provided 2022 data to the Guardian. “The reduction in the conversation around police violence does not mean that this issue is going away. What’s clear is that it’s continuing to get worse, and that it’s deeply systemic.”

What’s more, in 32% of cases last year, the person was fleeing before they were killed, generally running or driving off – cases in which experts say lethal force is unwarranted and also endangers the public. In June, Ohio police officers fired dozens of rounds at Jayland Walker, who was unarmed and fleeing; a month later, an officer in California exited an unmarked car and immediately fired at Robert Adams as he ran in the opposite direction.

The racial disparities have also persisted: Black people were 24% of those killed last year, while making up only 13% of the population. From 2013 to 2022, Black residents were three times more likely to be killed by US police than white people. The inequality is particularly severe in some cities, including Minneapolis where police have killed Black residents at a rate 28 times higher than white residents, and Chicago, where the rate was 25 times higher, Mapping Police Violence reported.

“Police’s ability to be judge, jury and executioner has been taken to another level. No matter how much we insist that it’s wrong, society allows it to take place,” said Jacob Blake Sr, whose son was shot by Kenosha police and left paralyzed in 2020. Blake Sr and Austin run a group called Families United that assists people whose loved ones have been killed by police.


Sinyangwe also found that there had been a notable uptick in killings by sheriff’s departments, which are generally county agencies run by an elected leader. In 2022, sheriffs were involved in 416 killings, higher than the share in 2013, which was 277 cases.

It’s unclear what’s driving that increase, though Sinyangwe said there had been growing partnerships between sheriffs and other agencies, with deputies executing search warrants or doing chases that can result in death. Sheriffs’ offices are also particularly politicized during elections, which could contribute to the problem, he said: “There are campaigns, in which there’s a race to the bottom to compete to be more ‘tough on crime’. And the result is more violent sheriff’s departments.”

‘There are solutions’​

Despite the national increase in killings, there are some local signs of progress.

Sinyangwe noted a Denver program where clinicians and medics have responded to thousands of mental health calls instead of police, and have not had to call police for backup. Some cities have restricted traffic stops for minor violations. And California has decriminalized jaywalking and other minor infractions that advocates say have no relation to public safety but are used to profile certain communities.

These are routine police encounters that escalate to a killing ... What’s clear is that it’s continuing to get worse

Samuel Sinyangwe

“For each of these types of routine encounters, there are solutions and alternative responses that are already being piloted, that are already producing data showing they are dramatically more effective than police,” Sinyangwe said.

There are also some local jurisdictions and states that have seen reductions in lethal force. California, the most populous state, has experienced a 29% drop in killings since 2013, while Texas, with the second-largest population, has seen a 30% increase in that timeframe, according to Mapping Police Violence.

The consistent numbers year after year make clear that “broad systemic change” is necessary to prevent these killings, said Dr Elizabeth Jordie Davies, a Johns Hopkins postdoctoral fellow and expert on social movements. While there have been growing calls to defund police, leaders of both political parties have advocated the opposite – pushing for the expansion of law enforcement, she said.

“There’s a continual commitment to using violence to control people and manage problems in this country. And as we keep giving police more money and power, we’ll continue to see more police violence.”

‘It never stops’: killings by US police reach record high in 2022

Law enforcement killed at least 1,176 people or about 100 people a month last year, making it the deadliest for police violence

www.theguardian.com

 

[uhuru]

from a country that imprisoned millions of uighur, systematically raped and sterlised uncounted amount, you really have the balls to push this post.

 

[Wolfhunter]

‘It never stops’: killings by US police reach record high, at least 1,176 people or about 100 people a month in 2022​

Law enforcement killed at least 1,176 people or about 100 people a month last year, making it the deadliest for police violence

A vigil for Breonna Taylor, who was shot dead by police in Louisville Photograph: Sam Upshaw/AP


Fri 6 Jan 2023 06.00 EST

US law enforcement killed at least 1,176 people in 2022, making it the deadliest year on record for police violence since experts first started tracking the killings, a new data analysis reveals.

Police across the country killed an average of more than three people a day, or nearly 100 people every month last year according to Mapping Police Violence. The non-profit research group maintains a database of reported deaths at the hands of law enforcement, including people fatally shot, beaten, restrained and Tasered.

The preliminary 2022 total – a possible undercount as more cases are catalogued – marks 31 additional fatalities than the year before. In 2021, police killed 1,145 people; 1,152 in 2020; 1,097 in 2019; 1,140 in 2018; and 1,089 in 2017. The earliest data goes back to 2013, when advocates began counting these fatal incidents. A database run by the Washington Post, which tracks fatal shootings by police, also shows 2022 as a year with record killings.

The data release comes two years after the murder of George Floyd sparked national uprisings calling for racial justice, police accountability and reductions in the funding and size of police forces. Despite the international attention and some local efforts to curb police brutality, there has been an intensifying backlash to criminal justice reform, and the overall number of killings has remained alarmingly high.

“It just never stops,” said Bianca Austin, aunt of Breonna Taylor, whose March 2020 killing in Kentucky sparked mass protests. “There was a movement and uproar across the globe, and we’re still having more killings? What are we doing wrong? It’s so disheartening.”

Behind the numbers: ‘Routine encounters’​

While the numbers have crept up, the circumstances that precede the killings have remained consistent.

In 2022, 132 killings (11%) were cases in which no offense was alleged; 104 cases (9%) were mental health or welfare checks; 98 (8%) involved traffic violations; and 207 (18%) involved other allegations of nonviolent offenses. There were also 93 cases (8%) involving claims of a domestic disturbance and 128 (11%) where the person was allegedly seen with a weapon. Only 370 (31%) involved a potentially more serious situation, with an alleged violent crime.

View attachment 910073

“These are routine police encounters that escalate to a killing,” said Samuel Sinyangwe, a data scientist and policy analyst who founded Mapping Police Violence and provided 2022 data to the Guardian. “The reduction in the conversation around police violence does not mean that this issue is going away. What’s clear is that it’s continuing to get worse, and that it’s deeply systemic.”

What’s more, in 32% of cases last year, the person was fleeing before they were killed, generally running or driving off – cases in which experts say lethal force is unwarranted and also endangers the public. In June, Ohio police officers fired dozens of rounds at Jayland Walker, who was unarmed and fleeing; a month later, an officer in California exited an unmarked car and immediately fired at Robert Adams as he ran in the opposite direction.

The racial disparities have also persisted: Black people were 24% of those killed last year, while making up only 13% of the population. From 2013 to 2022, Black residents were three times more likely to be killed by US police than white people. The inequality is particularly severe in some cities, including Minneapolis where police have killed Black residents at a rate 28 times higher than white residents, and Chicago, where the rate was 25 times higher, Mapping Police Violence reported.

“Police’s ability to be judge, jury and executioner has been taken to another level. No matter how much we insist that it’s wrong, society allows it to take place,” said Jacob Blake Sr, whose son was shot by Kenosha police and left paralyzed in 2020. Blake Sr and Austin run a group called Families United that assists people whose loved ones have been killed by police.


Sinyangwe also found that there had been a notable uptick in killings by sheriff’s departments, which are generally county agencies run by an elected leader. In 2022, sheriffs were involved in 416 killings, higher than the share in 2013, which was 277 cases.

It’s unclear what’s driving that increase, though Sinyangwe said there had been growing partnerships between sheriffs and other agencies, with deputies executing search warrants or doing chases that can result in death. Sheriffs’ offices are also particularly politicized during elections, which could contribute to the problem, he said: “There are campaigns, in which there’s a race to the bottom to compete to be more ‘tough on crime’. And the result is more violent sheriff’s departments.”

‘There are solutions’​

Despite the national increase in killings, there are some local signs of progress.

Sinyangwe noted a Denver program where clinicians and medics have responded to thousands of mental health calls instead of police, and have not had to call police for backup. Some cities have restricted traffic stops for minor violations. And California has decriminalized jaywalking and other minor infractions that advocates say have no relation to public safety but are used to profile certain communities.


Samuel Sinyangwe

“For each of these types of routine encounters, there are solutions and alternative responses that are already being piloted, that are already producing data showing they are dramatically more effective than police,” Sinyangwe said.

There are also some local jurisdictions and states that have seen reductions in lethal force. California, the most populous state, has experienced a 29% drop in killings since 2013, while Texas, with the second-largest population, has seen a 30% increase in that timeframe, according to Mapping Police Violence.

The consistent numbers year after year make clear that “broad systemic change” is necessary to prevent these killings, said Dr Elizabeth Jordie Davies, a Johns Hopkins postdoctoral fellow and expert on social movements. While there have been growing calls to defund police, leaders of both political parties have advocated the opposite – pushing for the expansion of law enforcement, she said.

“There’s a continual commitment to using violence to control people and manage problems in this country. And as we keep giving police more money and power, we’ll continue to see more police violence.”

‘It never stops’: killings by US police reach record high in 2022

Law enforcement killed at least 1,176 people or about 100 people a month last year, making it the deadliest for police violence

www.theguardian.com

 

[etylo]

from a country that imprisoned millions of uighur, systematically raped and sterlised uncounted amount, you really have the balls to push this post.

Exists in your sick mind only.

 

[uhuru]

Exists in your sick mind only.

shenzi.... did i talk to you?
when i did not mention any shenzi ccp troll, dont barge in. now be good kid, go back to reading red book praise Mao.

 

[etylo]

shenzi.... did i talk to you?
when i did not mention any shenzi ccp troll, dont barge in. now be good kid, go back to reading red book praise Mao.

Everyone can debunk your fake lies on the forum, its for everyone. is it a joke, someone from a hole is mocking others as an uncivilized.

 

[Hack-Hook]

as this video show the dangerous black man was a serious threat to the poor police officers there and they had to use Taser to subdue him
(Translation : they had to Tase him until he die of heart attack)

 

[925boy]

that's why racist America is crashing now- AMerica is a lie that runs everybody's lives, but only reaaally and equitably benefits certain people and sectors of society- but it cant keep happening- AMerica will either renegotiate its future with its disenfranchised groups, or AMerica will crash.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

as this video show the dangerous black man was a serious threat to the poor police officers there and they had to use Taser to subdue him
(Translation : they had to Tase him until he die of heart attack)

the longer version

What a nice guy...drugged up and crashing his car into people...and then trying to run away by attempting to hijack an Uber driver's car. Struggling with officers saying the young woman he hit is trying to kill him and plant stuff in his car..resisting arrest because he doesn't want to take responsibilty.

 

[beijingwalker]

from a country that imprisoned millions of uighur, systematically raped and sterlised uncounted amount, you really have the balls to push this post.

lol, Uighur's whole popullation is just 10 million, you really know nothing besides trolling, if they are inn camps, where are those huge crowds from?

 

[VCheng]

that's why racist America is crashing now- AMerica is a lie that runs everybody's lives, but only reaaally and equitably benefits certain people and sectors of society- but it cant keep happening- AMerica will either renegotiate its future with its disenfranchised groups, or AMerica will crash.

Hang on a minute.

First you say: "that's why racist America is crashing now-" meaning it is happening now, in the present.

But then you say: "AMerica will either renegotiate its future with its disenfranchised groups, or AMerica will crash." meaning it will crash in the future if it does not renegotiate.

So which is it? Is it crashing now or will it crash in the future?

 

[UKBengali]

Multiethnic states do not work and tend to be dysfunctional.

States like China and BD that are relatively homogenous are the best models for social order and harmony.

 

[doorstar]

racist America is crashing now

looks like mullah ji has been watching analists from BOL TV

States like China and BD that are relatively homogenous are the best models for social order and harmony.

China is home to 56 ethnic groups

 

[jhungary]

as this video show the dangerous black man was a serious threat to the poor police officers there and they had to use Taser to subdue him
(Translation : they had to Tase him until he die of heart attack)

From the Police perspective. He was actually resisting in your video until probably the last one, the 6 before are all justified because he was not following the police command, the last one on the other hand is debatable, since we don't know if he was indeed still struggling wiht the cop or being overpowered by the cop..

On the other hand, he resisted arrest, he literally fleeing from the scene of an accident. He had Cocaine and Alcohol in his system when he crashes his car on someone, that's not 1, but 3 felony charge, what do you suppose the cop to do? "Oh he is leaving, let's not arrest him?"

On the other hand, he died around 5 hours either after the incident or after being transported to a hospital, as with other case where tased subject. He had drug and booze in his system which elevated the chance of suffering cardiac arrest, but 5 hours after the incident? Good luck tries to argue that in court.....

 

[beijingwalker]

looks like mullah ji has been watching analists from BOL TV


China is home to 56 ethnic groups

All 55 minority groups together account for 8.89% of the Chinese population, and most of these 55 ethnic groups have no difference from Han Chinese and they don't even know they are actually not Han Chinese. China is a highly homogenous country.