Latinos and Native Americans are more likely to be killed by police officers than white Americans, and at a younger age, according to a recent study released by an anti-police violence organization.
Data from the study by Campaign Zero show that at least 13,400 people have died from police use of force since 2013 to date, with Hispanics and Native Americans accounting for 22% or more of those.
The organization notes that its database has collected 92% of all police shootings since 2013 and that, according to tracking and verification, Latinos and Native Americans are 1.3 and 3.2 times more likely, respectively, to be killed by police than white Americans.
In 2023, there were 18,450 homicides and 1,352 police-related deaths, meaning law enforcement was responsible for at least 7%, with the incidence of deaths at the hands of officers being 1,043 in 2014, according to this platform.
More than 2,600 Latinos and about 220 indigenous people have died at the hands of law enforcement since 2013, according to a review of the data by the news website Axios.
And the average age of a Hispanic killed by law enforcement in the United States is 34, while that of a white person is 40.
According to Axios, law enforcement agencies use very different methods to track racial and ethnic data for Latinos, sometimes without tracking them at all, meaning that "the number of Latinos killed by police is likely much higher."
Campaign Zero CEO DeRay Mckesson told the outlet that researchers scour the internet daily for recent police shootings and check them to confirm details before including them in the database.
If a person's race or ethnicity cannot be reasonably confirmed, that person is then classified as "race unknown."
In fact, a review of the database by Axios found that several people killed by police had Spanish surnames but were classified as "race unknown."
Data from the study by Campaign Zero show that at least 13,400 people have died from police use of force since 2013 to date, with Hispanics and Native Americans accounting for 22% or more of those.
The organization notes that its database has collected 92% of all police shootings since 2013 and that, according to tracking and verification, Latinos and Native Americans are 1.3 and 3.2 times more likely, respectively, to be killed by police than white Americans.
In 2023, there were 18,450 homicides and 1,352 police-related deaths, meaning law enforcement was responsible for at least 7%, with the incidence of deaths at the hands of officers being 1,043 in 2014, according to this platform.
More than 2,600 Latinos and about 220 indigenous people have died at the hands of law enforcement since 2013, according to a review of the data by the news website Axios.
And the average age of a Hispanic killed by law enforcement in the United States is 34, while that of a white person is 40.
According to Axios, law enforcement agencies use very different methods to track racial and ethnic data for Latinos, sometimes without tracking them at all, meaning that "the number of Latinos killed by police is likely much higher."
Campaign Zero CEO DeRay Mckesson told the outlet that researchers scour the internet daily for recent police shootings and check them to confirm details before including them in the database.
If a person's race or ethnicity cannot be reasonably confirmed, that person is then classified as "race unknown."
In fact, a review of the database by Axios found that several people killed by police had Spanish surnames but were classified as "race unknown."