LibGuides: Black Lives Matter: Police Brutality Statistics

Statistics and Articles on Police Brutality

Washington Post: Fatal Force In 2015, The Washington Post began to log every fatal shooting by an on-duty police officer in the United States. In that time there have been more than 5,000 such shootings recorded by The Post.
The Institute For Criminal Justice and Training Reform: Police Training Focuses on the Wrong Threats "An officer’s training often has an overwhelmingly disproportionate emphasis on tactical skills such as those dealing with firearms and self-defense, which represent a small fraction of the dangers encountered on the job."
Vox: The anger behind the protests, explained in 4 charts Police killings have trended upward in recent years — and black men are more likely to be killed.

Resources & Toolkits to Combat Police Brutality

The Root: Defund Police vs. #8CantWait Reforms: Differing Calls for Change to Address Police Brutality "Two major calls to action have emerged in the current uprising against police brutality triggered by the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor—not to mention the numerous incidents of cops around the country violently cutting down peaceful protesters and members of the media alike." The first is the call to defund the police, and the second is to take put in place "reforms guided towards curbing police violence."
Campaign Zero We can live in a world where the police don't kill people by limiting police interventions, improving community interactions, and ensuring accountability. We can live in a world where the police don't kill people by limiting police interventions, improving community interactions, and ensuring accountability.
Defending Black Lives: A Letter to Demand Divestment from Police and an Investment in Black Communities A petition to "Defund Police & Invest in Black Communities"
The Center for Popular Democracy: 15 Things Your City Can Do Right Now to End Police Brutality "There's a strong case that the problem with policing isn't actually the police, but us — the police are merely enforcing our democratic will. Yet the real-life benefits of this umbrella term we've dubbed "police reform" — decriminalization, commitment to reducing prison populations and community oversight, to name a few — can still be impactful, if not quite a cure-all. To that end, the Center for Popular Democracy and Policy Link, two nonprofit advocacy organizations, have partnered with various protesters and street-level organizers to find some concrete solutions to this problem."
Incite! Stop Law Enforcement Violence Toolkit
This toolkit was published in 2008, and is intended as an resource tool for activists and organizers, and provides some examples of organizing tools and strategies. It includes fact sheets, ideas for organizing, and sample tools created by other organizations.

Black Lives Matter: Police Brutality Statistics

Statistics and Articles on Police Brutality

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Resources & Toolkits to Combat Police Brutality