A new report shows that 146 civilians and three officers died during law enforcement confrontations in California last year.
At a March 2018 protest, Anita Ross holds a photo of 22-year-old Stephon Clark, who was fatally shot by police.
His death helped spark an ongoing legislative debate on whether to increase police training and change the standard for when officers can use deadly force.Overall, the 628 such confrontations last year were down from 707 in 2017 and 782 in 2016. The use-of-force incidents tallied include only instances in which officers fired their guns or people died or were seriously injured during violent encounters with police.
“Of course this is good news,” said California Police Chiefs Assn. President Ronald Lawrence. “It doesn’t surprise me that if there’s a dip in crime there’s also a dip in use of force.” The use-of-force reporting grew out of state lawmakers’ concern over shootings of young minority men by police. It shows that of 677 civilians involved in such serious encounters last year, about 47% were Latino, 28.5% white and 19% black.
“Overall, the number demonstrates a depressing need for the legislation to reform California’s police use of force laws, which will save lives,” said Peter Bibring, police practices director for the American Civil Liberties Union of California. “Once again, California is consistently above the national average in the per capita rate of police shootings.”
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