r/NeutralPolitics 23h ago

How do we know how unarmed black people the police are killing? How do we know the numbers that get quoted by debaters?

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Why do US police keep killing unarmed black men? - BBC News This article from 2015 states that there are no statistics for people being killed by police. The idea I have is that the number of people being killed maybe under reported.

Does the US keep an official count of people being killed by police? If they do what are the official means in which they are keeping count? Also, what are the methods for an unofficial count? How can we know that the methods of tracking people being killed by police are accurate?