The Metropolitan Police Department uses deadly force at a higher rate than many other urban police agencies, according to a Review-Journal analysis
Shootings
By Alan Maimon © 2011, / RJ
Want detailed information on how many people were shot by police in the United States last year? That’s not so easy to find.
By Alan Maimon © 2011, / RJ
Las Vegas police were involved in 17 shootings in 2003. Ten subjects were black, an unusually high number even for a department that historically shoots a disproportionate number of minorities. None of the officers were black.
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