Justice
Police Violence Deaths Are Twice As High As Official U.S. Count, Study Finds
Researchers estimate 30,800 people have been killed by police from 1980 to 2018 — far more than government data has captured.
People kneel in front of candles during a vigil for George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, 2021. Floyd’s death might not have been captured as police violence under official methods of counting.
Photographer: Tim Evans/BloombergMore men died of police violence than of testicular cancer, or lymphoma, or STDs in the U.S. in 2019. Depending on where you get your information, that could come as a surprise, or a grave confirmation.
A new study published in The Lancet found that a government-run database has undercounted the number of deaths at the hands of police in the U.S. by more than half.