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The Washington Post is compiling a database of every fatal shooting in the United States by a police officer in the line of duty since 2015. - GitHub - washingtonpost/data-police-shootings: The Washington Post is compiling a database of every fatal shooting in the United States by a police officer in the line of duty since 2015.

Could the red-hot sentiments from the George Floyd protests determine the future direction of US politics?

The number of fatal police shootings across the country rose again last year, with officers killing 1,096 people, including a 2-year-old girl caught in a standoff.

The majority of people police shot and killed were armed. And, as in prior years, about one quarter of people killed were in the throes of a mental or emotional crisis.

The Memphis Police Department announced on Saturday that it will disband the special street crimes unit that carried out the savage beating of Tyre Nichols, as protesters demand an end to law enforcement violence and murder.