FATAL FALSEHOODS: Setting the Record Straight on Police Shooting

FACTS:

• Police rarely use force.
• When police use force, it is usually limited and proportional.
• Fatal police shootings are extremely uncommon.
• Unarmed fatal police shootings are both exceedingly rare and largely justified.
• Public perceptions around fatal police shootings and race are distorted.

Get the report here:

www.policedefense.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/LELDF-Report-Fatal-Falsehoods-Police-Shootings.pdf