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The Guardian - US
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Sam Levin in Los Angeles

‘Hunted’: one in three people killed by US police were fleeing, data reveals

Demonstrators protest against the death of Jayland Walker, who was shot and killed by Akron police.
Demonstrators protest against the death of Jayland Walker, who was shot and killed by Akron police. Photograph: Gaelen Morse/Reuters

Nearly one third of people killed by US police since 2015 were running away, driving off or attempting to flee when the officer fatally shot or used lethal force against them, data reveals.

In the past seven years, police in America have killed more than 2,500 people who were fleeing, and those numbers have slightly increased in recent years, amounting to an average of roughly one killing a day of someone running or trying to escape, according to Mapping Police Violence, a research group that tracks lethal force cases.

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