OpEd: 'There are two steps toward making that reality our own: First, and this is more straightforward, is to call violence what it is ... The second is what we’ve been doing for centuries: Demand accountability until we’re free.'
Every year for almost the last decade, more than 1,000 people have been killed by police officers in the U.S.,
. In 2021, the greatest number of people were killed, with 1,136 losing their lives; officers were charged in only 12 of those incidents — a 1% charge rate.database that tracks police killings, found that Black, Indigenous, and Latino people are 1.3 to 3 times more likely to be killed by police than a white person, depending on their race/ethnicity and the presence of a weapon. Regardless of whether the victim is armed, these racial discrepancies are still prevalent.
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