us police killings undercounted by half, study using guardian data finds /

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Harvard study finds over half of deaths wrongly classified,in latest example of databases greatly undercounting police killingsOver half of all police killings in 2015 were wrongly classified as not having been the result of interactions with officers, a new Harvard study based on Guardian data has found.
The finding is just the latest to reveal government databases seriously undercounting the number of people killed by police. Related: Young black men again faced highest rate of US police killings in 2016 Related: Inside The Counted: how Guardian US has tracked police killings nationwide Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com

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