The Counted: tracking people killed by police in the United States | US News
A 2015/16 Guardian investigation revealed the true number of people killed by law enforcement, told the stories of who they were, and established the trends in how they died. The US government responded
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US government pilot program, which draws on information collected by the Guardian, publishes first data gathered under new ‘hybrid’ counting system
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Final total of people killed by US police officers in 2015 shows rate of death for young black men was five times higher than white men of the same age -
The Guardian has created the most detailed map of police killings ever published. Find your hometown and explore the most lethal police departments in America -
The Guardian is counting the people killed by US law enforcement agencies this year – with your help -
James Comey tells crime summit that ‘it’s ridiculous’ Guardian and Washington Post have more information on civilians’ deaths at hands of US police than FBI
In depth
A series of special reports digging deeper into the Guardian’s findings on the use of deadly force by police
The county
A five-part series examining Kern County, California, where police killed more people per capita than in any other American county in 2015
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Largest law enforcement agencies in Kern County will be reviewed for civil rights violations after Guardian report and series of complaints, Kamala Harris said -
A Guardian series examines Kern County, California, where police have killed more people per capita than anywhere else in the US this year -
Backstory
How the US government stopped counting killings by police – and then restarted following the Guardian’s investigation
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After a year of high-profile police killings, calls for a national database have gained traction. But how would that work? Tom McCarthy investigates the challenges for law enforcement and government officials alike -
State by state, town by town, cop by cop, a lack of transparency is halting reform. But a Guardian investigation reveals that a quiet revolution in crime data may be underway – and justice may be next -
Previously unpublished data revealing only 224 of 18,000 US law enforcement agencies reported fatal shootings in 2014 sheds new light on flawed system -
As the FBI follows The Counted with an effort to track people killed by officers – one dependent on voluntary law enforcement compliance – the Bureau of Justice Statistics has quietly launched a count it hopes will be comprehensive
Other highlights
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The Guardian has built the most comprehensive database of US police killing ever published. Compare our findings to those from the UK, Australia, Iceland and beyond -
The Counted has made up for the Obama administration’s failings, but the lack of oversight remains. So we will restart our count of people killed by police until the government does its job
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Video
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A team of Guardian US journalists investigate what the US government hasn’t: the number of people killed by law enforcement in America -
The killing of Mike Brown in August 2014 made the world wake up to police gun use in America -
The 39-year-old father went into cardiac arrest and later died after Florida police deployed their Tasers. ‘Andre was treated in that manner because he’s a black young man,’ says his mother -
Sallie Chapman's 18-year-old son, William, was killed by a city police officer in Portsmouth, Virginia, in April. According to witnesses, William, who was unarmed, got into a struggle in the parking lot of a Walmart superstore with officer Stephen Rankin, who tried to arrest him on suspicion of shoplifting
Seen elsewhere
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NPR's Audie Cornish talks with The Guardian's Jon Swaine about reporting on fatal police killings in the U.S. that have happened so far in 2015. -
It isn’t surprising that efforts are being made to establish a national database to keep track of all shootings that involve police officers.
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