We do not know how many people police kill in the US. Police have been allowed to ignore the part of the 1994 crime bill that obliged them to report everything. The DOJ simply will not look at the situation. So, police killings, go largely unknown. Patrick Hendry, the head of the NY police union, the largest one, was once interview in an industry rag. In this interview they asked about the reporting of police killings and he said that “most” do not get reported outside of the department who employed the officer(s) involved in the killings.
This article discusses this issue however, if you start googling inquiries about “no one knows how many people police kill in the US”, or similar rephrasings of this inquiry, you will produce numerous sources discussing the matter. You will have to dig though.
We do not know how many people police kill in the US. Police have been allowed to ignore the part of the 1994 crime bill that obliged them to report everything. The DOJ simply will not look at the situation. So, police killings, go largely unknown. Patrick Hendry, the head of the NY police union, the largest one, was once interview in an industry rag. In this interview they asked about the reporting of police killings and he said that “most” do not get reported outside of the department who employed the officer(s) involved in the killings.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-many-americans-the-police-kill-each-year/
This article discusses this issue however, if you start googling inquiries about “no one knows how many people police kill in the US”, or similar rephrasings of this inquiry, you will produce numerous sources discussing the matter. You will have to dig though.