{"id":16530,"date":"2022-07-28T11:56:02","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T15:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ohiopeacecouncil.org\/?p=16530"},"modified":"2022-07-28T11:56:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T15:56:02","slug":"rampant-police-killing-of-people-fleeing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ohiopeacecouncil.org\/?p=16530","title":{"rendered":"Rampant Police Killing of People Fleeing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nearly one third of people killed by US police since 2015 were running away, driving off or attempting to flee when the officer fatally shot or used lethal force against them, data reveals.<\/p>\n

In the past seven years, police in America have killed more than 2,500 people who were fleeing, and those numbers have slightly increased in recent years, amounting to an average of roughly one killing a day of someone running or trying to escape, according to Mapping Police Violence, a research group that tracks lethal force cases.<\/p>\n

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In many cases, the encounters started as traffic stops, or there were no allegations of violence or serious crimes prompting police contact. Some were shot in the back while running and others were passengers in fleeing cars.<\/p>\n

Two recent cases have sparked national outrage and protests. In Akron, Ohio, on 27 June, officers fired dozens of rounds at Jayland Walker<\/a>, who was unarmed and running when he was killed. And last week, an officer in San Bernardino, California, exited an unmarked car and immediately fired at Robert Adams<\/a> as he ran in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n

Despite a decades-long push to hold officers accountable for killing civilians, prosecution remains exceedingly rare, the data shows. Of the 2,500 people killed while fleeing since 2015, only 50 or 2% have resulted in criminal charges. The majority of those charges were either dismissed or resulted in acquittals. Only nine officers were convicted, representing 0.35% of cases.<\/p>\n