The government’s system for recording people killed by police will remain voluntary, but recent changes price a milestone in debate over a flawed approachThe FBI’s announcement that it will drastically change its program for recording the number of people killed by the police in the US is a milestone in the 16-month debate about why the American government has failed so badly to monitor this issue of national importance.
That such an overhaul should be needed seems absurd. The federal government currently counts trends so arcane as the average number of hours American men spend weekly on lawn care and nut consumption by non-Hispanic white men over the age of 20.
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Source: theguardian.com