Title: One Map Shows How Many People Police Have Killed So Far This Year in Every State
Headings: One Map Shows How Many People Police Have Killed So Far This Year in Every State
One Map Shows How Many People Police Have Killed So Far This Year in Every State
Content: One Map Shows How Many People Police Have Killed So Far This Year in Every State
One Map Shows How Many People Police Have Killed So Far This Year in Every State
By Tom McKay
Aug. 19, 2015
Since Jan. 1, 2015, police in the United States have killed a staggering 745 people. According to statistics provided to Mic by research collective Mapping Police Violence, American police are on track to kill around 1,200 people in 2015 if the slayings continue at the same pace through the remainder of the year. The map below shows how many individuals have died in each of the 50 states and D.C. While there's a clear correlation between the number of officer-involved homicides and the population size, a few states stand out as having extremely high numbers of deaths. The 745 deaths documented through Aug. 17 includes more than 142 additional deaths from Mic's last version of this fatality map, compiled July 10. In California, police killed over two dozen people in those 40 days. Since mid-July, California's count has risen at a rate of nearly five killings per week, from 95 to 121. Texas officers killed 17 people over the same time frame, rising from 64 killings to 81. Florida police killed seven, for a total of 50 deaths this year. Rhode Island, South Dakota and Vermont all continue to have a year free of police killings. A review Mapping Police Violence did of unarmed police victims between January 2013 and August 2015 found that the five states with the highest numbers per capita of unarmed people killed by police are Oklahoma, Arizona, Maryland, Florida and South Carolina.