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title: ""A new study has found that police kill twice as many people as…"
date: 2019-06-06
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# "A new study has found that police kill twice as many people as…

*June 6, 2019 · Facebook*

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[https://komonews.com/news/local/police-killings-twice-as-common-as-reported-uw-study-finds](https://komonews.com/news/local/police-killings-twice-as-common-as-reported-uw-study-finds){target="_blank"}
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\"A new study has found that police kill twice as many people as reported in official statistics, and that black men are 3 1/2 times more likely to be killed by police than white men.\
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The study, carried out by the University of Washington and Cornell University, used a variety of data sources and found that police officers are responsible for about 8 percent of all homicides of adult males in the United States - or about 2.8 homicides every day on average.\
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However, official statistics released by the police departments themselves show a rate of less than 4 percent.\
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The study, published in the American Journal of Public Health, also shows that the risk of being killed by police is 3.2 to 3.5 times higher for black men than white men, and between 1.4 and 1.7 times higher for Latino men.\"
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