African Americans are victims of a disproportionate number of police killings

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Evidence indicates that African Americans experience a disproportionately higher risk of being killed by law enforcement in the United States compared to white individuals.

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Wikipedia: Police brutality in the United States

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Wikipedia: Police brutality in the United States. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_brutality_in_the_United_States

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journals.plos.org: Racial and ethnic disparities in fatal police shootings: Variation across U.S. states and the role of firearm ownership | PLOS One

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journals.plos.org: Racial and ethnic disparities in fatal police shootings: Variation across U.S. states and the role of firearm ownership | PLOS One. journals.plos.org. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0333424

Notes well-documented national racial and ethnic disparities in fatal police shootings.

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pnas.org: Risk of being killed by police use of force in the United ...

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pnas.org: Risk of being killed by police use of force in the United .... pnas.org. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1821204116

Finds that African American men and women face a higher risk of being killed by police than white peers.

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first checked31 Jul 2026

judged → SUPPORTED · 7531 Jul 2026

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