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Campaign Zero

American police reform campaign

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Dec 11, 2025

How many black men are killed by police officers each year?

Available databases and reporting show that U.S. police kill roughly 1,000–1,300 people per year, and Black people are killed at more than twice the rate of White people, while accounting for about 13...

Oct 30, 2025

How do police killing rates compare between black and white people in the US per capita?

Black Americans face substantially higher per-capita rates of lethal force by U.S. police than White Americans across multiple analyses, with contemporary counts indicating roughly greater likelihood ...

Oct 21, 2025

What are the most recent statistics on police shootings by race in the US?

A set of recent analyses shows rising counts and persistent racial disparities in U.S. police killings through 2024–2025, with compared with White Americans. Campaign Zero’s 2024 data found at least 1...

Nov 17, 2025

protest that cuased changes

Protests have demonstrably led to social and political changes across history — from Gandhi’s Salt March and the U.S. civil‑rights and labor movements to recent global mobilizations like Black Lives M...

Nov 1, 2025

Which states have the highest rates of police killings of black people?

New Mexico had the highest per-capita rate of police killings in 2024 according to Mapping Police Violence’s 2024 report, and Black people face substantially higher odds of being killed by police nati...