Title: PolitiFact | Fatal police shootings occur in tiny percentage of arrests in U.S., Milwaukee's police chief says
Headings: In 2012, there were nearly 12.2 million arrests and only 410 "uses of deadly force" by police in the United States.
In 2012, there were nearly 12.2 million arrests and only 410 "uses of deadly force" by police in the United States.
Fatal police shootings occur in tiny percentage of arrests in U.S., Milwaukee's police chief says
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Content: "It's an extraordinarily rare event. But the fact is, (in) 2012, there were 12,197,000 arrests in the United States, OK? And there were 410 uses of deadly force. Now that is, I think, three-thousands of a percent. So, it’s still an extraordinarily rare event." In the comparison Flynn uses, there is one police killing in 0.00003 percent of all arrests -- an even tinier fraction than he suggested. But expressed another way, the 410 is an average of more than one police killing per day. So, what about the two figures themselves: Are they accurate and do they account for all of the people who are killed by police? Renewed focus
Around the country, attention to the use of deadly force by police was heightened after Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old, was shot to death on Aug. 9, 2014, in Ferguson, a St. Louis suburb.