As of a week ago, 896 people have been shot and killed this year by police officers across the country. Only last year, The Washington Post began keeping track of officer-involved shooting deaths nationwide. This year’s number is slightly off pace with last year’s total of 991 deaths.
The high-profile police killings of Michael Brown in Missouri; Laquan McDonald in Illinois; Tamir Rice in Ohio; and Walter Scott in South Carolina have brought intense scrutiny to police use of force protocols and the resulting investigations.
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