The Department of Justice announced several steps Thursday to start collecting nationwide data on interactions between law enforcement and civilians, including police shootings and in-custody deaths.
The move follows demands born out of protests
surrounding the deaths of unarmed black people in places like Ferguson,
Missouri, and Baltimore, Maryland.
So far, the task of aggregating information on police shootings has
largely fallen to news media — most notably The Washington Post and The
Guardian.
In a statement announcing the new initiatives,
Attorney General Loretta Lynch called them "vital efforts toward
increasing transparency and building trust between law enforcement and
the communities we serve." The pilot data collection program is set to
begin early next year.
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