[영상] 1,000 people die every year due to police brutality… “3 a day, 26% black”

(Seoul = Yonhap News) More than 1,000 people were killed in violent acts committed by police officers in the United States last year.

This is the highest level ever.

According to the 30th (local time) statistics agency ‘Police Violence Map’ (MPV · Mapping Police Violence), the number of people killed by police violence in the United States in 2022 was calculated as a total of 1,186 people.

There were 1,147 people in 2021 and 1,155 people in 2020, and 67 people have already died this year.

Black people accounted for 26% of those killed by the police last year.

Considering that black people only make up about 13% of the total population in the United States, it is evaluated that black people are more vulnerable to police violence.

The unarmed rate among victims of police killings was also the highest among blacks, at 16.5%. It is interpreted to mean that black people are more likely to be the target of police violence even if they do not have a gun.

In particular, as Ty Nicholls (29), a black American youth who was on his way home early this month, was beaten to death by a police officer, the issue of violence and racial discrimination in the public authorities of the United States resurfaces .

The Guardian, a British daily, highlighted the fact that related damages are on the rise even after the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed by too much police brutality in 2020. The ‘backlash’ (rebound) strong.”