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victims of police use of deadly force  

Definition

  • Several hundred people die each year in the United States as a result of police interventions. Most of these are lawful uses of deadly force against dangerous criminal suspects. [Source: Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention; Victims of Police Use of Deadly Force]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-DWSS995V-6

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