Title: 5 facts about police brutality in the United States that will shock you
Headings: 5 facts about police brutality in the United States that will shock you
5 facts about police brutality in the United States that will shock you
Lesley Hauler

Content: Although that number is significantly less than the 45 million black Americans in the country, Mic reports that both groups are killed by law enforcement officials at rates much higher than their share of the population, like John T. Williams who was shot and killed by police in Seattle. 4. Excessive force is one of the most common forms of police misconduct
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Excessive force reports made up more than 23 percent of all police misconduct reports in 2010, according to the Cato Institute's National Police Misconduct Reporting Project. Of those excessive force reports, an estimated 57 percent involved cases of physical use of force, which include chokeholds, baton strikes and other physical attacks. 15 percent involved firearm-related complaints. 5. For every 1,000 people killed by police, only one officer is convicted of a crime. Killings By Police Ferguson
The Washington Post and Bowling Green University published a vividly thorough informative study about police officers who have killed people in the United States since 2005. The study found that among the thousands who have killed at the hands of cops since that year, only 54 officers have been charged. The Post reported that most officers were cleared or acquitted in the resolved cases.