- In 2023, police in the U.S. Killed over 1,300 people, marking a steady increase in police killings, as reported by Mapping Police Violence.
- There were only 14 days without a police killing, and on average, a person was killed by law enforcement every 6.6 hours.
- While the number of people killed by gunfire and officers killed in the line of duty declined, this data highlights the need for significant changes in policing in the country.
Overall, crime is down. It feels like should lead to less extrajudicial killings.
When can we get some fucking police reform?
here’s the spoiler: meaningful legislation for literally anything will never come until the tug of war between right and left is settled.
Correction, until we have a tug from the right. There’s just the current tug between center-right dems and fascist, racist GOP. Both capitalist parties, thereby both requiring a fascist force.
Republicans are the ratchet; Democrats are the pawl.