Counting the Killings

The United States has no official count of people killed by police. The numbers that get cited come from a newspaper, activist groups, and a volunteer tracker. They disagree with each other because they're measuring different things. A sourced reconciliation of five independent counters, plus the federal program that collected data but couldn't publish a total.

The US has no official count of people killed by police.

The #s everyone cites come from a newspaper, activist groups, and a volunteer. They disagree because they measure different things. Five independent counters reconciled, plus the federal program that collected data but never published totals. https://www.jakelawrence.xyz/research/police-shootings

The authoritative count of people killed by US police is not kept by the government. It's kept by a newspaper, a handful of activist organizations, and a volunteer. They disagree with each other because they're each measuring something slightly different. Five independent counters, sourced and reconciled, plus the federal program that gathered data and still couldn't produce a total.

There is no official US count of people killed by police. The numbers that get treated as authoritative come from a newspaper, activist trackers, and a single volunteer. They disagree not because one is wrong but because they define the thing differently. Five independent counters reconciled against each other, with the federal program that collected data for years and still couldn't publish a total: https://www.jakelawrence.xyz/research/police-shootings

The authoritative count of people killed by U.S. police is maintained by a newspaper, a pair of activist projects, and one volunteer. The federal government has a dataset it declines to total.

https://www.jakelawrence.xyz/research/police-shootings

The US has no official count of people killed by police. The numbers everyone cites come from a newspaper, activists, and a volunteer tracker. Five independent counters reconciled, plus the federal program that collected data but never published a total.