{"id":120747,"date":"2015-05-31T16:00:11","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T16:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=120747"},"modified":"2015-05-31T21:38:07","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T21:38:07","slug":"us-police-kill-more-than-two-people-a-day-report-suggests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/05\/us-police-kill-more-than-two-people-a-day-report-suggests\/","title":{"rendered":"US Police kill more than two people a day, report suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"
Data collected by the Washington Post newspaper suggests that the number of people shot by US police is twice as high as official figures claim.<\/p>\n
The paper said that during the first five months of this year, 385 people – more than two a day – were killed.<\/p>\n
The number of black people was disproportionately high among the victims, especially unarmed ones.<\/p>\n
Official statistics rely on self-reported figures from law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n
They suggest about 400 people have been killed each year since 2008.<\/p>\n
The US has seen a number of controversial cases where unarmed black people have been killed by white police officers.<\/p>\n