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Jan 25, 2026
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What databases track police killings by race and armed status, and how do they differ?

Several independent, open-source projects and a few government systems now track and most record both race and whether the person was armed; the best-known are database, ’s Counted (and successor proj...

Nov 19, 2025

How do trends since 2013 (or the last decade) differ across databases in rates of police killings by race and location?

Independent databases diverge in scope and methods, producing different counts and trend stories: The Washington Post counts fatal police shootings since 2015 and reports roughly 1,000+ fatal shooting...