Police Shoot More People Than Previously Known
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By Kali Holloway, AlterNet
An activist displays a sign during a protest in New York City on July 7, 2016. (Photo: Mathias Wasik)
In major metropolitan areas around the country over the last half-decade, police have shot -- and shot at -- people in numbers dramatically higher than previous tallies suggest. A new Vice News investigation finds that between 2010-2016, cops in the 50 largest police departments in the country shot more than 3,630 people, nearly double some previous estimates. Of the 4,381 people cops fired upon in that period -- including the 700 people they shot at and missed -- two-thirds survived those shootings.
Absent a comprehensive federal database of police shootings, the Vice report offers the most complete picture of fatal and nonfatal police shooting...