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The report from ArchCity Defenders highlights data and personal stories from family members on police killings in the St. Louis area.
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department was responsible for more killings per capita than any other of the 100 largest police departments in the nation.
The report, citing data from mappingpoliceviolence.org, indicates St. Louis city police killed about 18 people per 1 million residents, exceeding cities like Chicago (4), Los Angeles (4.7) and Denver (7.4).
ArchCity Defenders also used public records and media reports to identify 132 people in the city of St. Louis, and St. Louis, St. Charles and Jefferson counties who died at the hands of police from 2009 to 2019. An additional 47 people died while in custody at jails in the area.