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 A non-profit research group called Mapping Police Violence recently released their updated database for 2023. And while the data is imperative and meaningful – it's also not surprising. We also must remember that this data is based on public and reported records and that there are likely countless victims of police brutality that the state has managed to cover up.

Here are some of the key takeaways from the database:

• Black people are the demographic most likely to be killed by the police
• Black people are 3x as likely to be killed compared to white people
• Black people are 1.3x as likely as white people to be unarmed
• 95% of America's major city police departments kill Black people at higher rates than white people
• Most killings by police begin with traffic stops, mental health checks, and non-violent offenses – times where no crime was alleged