Fatal Encounters

@fatalencounters

A step toward creating an impartial, comprehensive national database of people killed during interactions with law enforcement. Tweets: D. Brian Burghart

Joined February 2014

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  1. One foot in front of the other. One step at a time.

  2. This story, , is pretty damned amazing.

  3. It'll take me about six weeks to complete Ohio. If anyone knows of media databases, or govt databases, pls alert me.

  4. The Guardian has done amazing work. Help them keep it up! And if you have an extra dollar:

  5. "Stuff I come across" file: 4/15/2001, Stories of 15 black men killed by police since 1995:

  6. Finished Hawaii today. On to Ohio. Check out the database:

  7. Another state complete. We're at 29, including DC. 14,599 total records. Database:

  8. Still dbl cq 2014-15 Difference is Tasers, chases, suicides. "Over the Line" is the best

  9. We need independent prosecutors to investigate police crimes. DAs depend too much on cops.

  10. The idea anyone would treat like this one who volunteers to run into burning buildings to save people is sickening

  11. System shouldn't have threatened w/ jail time for traffic violations. Police shouldn't have used deadly force to enforce this.

  12. . on Black Lives Matter: "I've had my head in the sand and I think we've all had our heads in sand."

  13. People perceive cops' guns as deadly weapons, but they don't see cop's cars that way. Police chase stats are incredible.

  14. Missed deaths crop up when we do the state search in years we consider completed. That's why the redundancy.

  15. Fatal Encounters followed , , and
  16. Here's what the candidates have proposed to address police violence.

  17. Really, ? You just e-mailed saying this person using my picture doesn't qualify as impersonation? Not cool.

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