2022 had the most deaths by police officers since 2015

Despite his story widespread protests and the wake of George Floyd's murder last year saw the most deaths at the hands of police since at least 2015. Mapping police violence.org a nonprofit database says police killed more than 1200 people in 2022. According to the Washington Post, which only tracks police shootings, officers shot and killed nearly 1100 people. Also a record. It is ground off a bad dream

wrestle with the daily violence that visits black people unabated for centuries. In 2022, black people were nearly three times as likely to be killed by police than white people. While minorities as a whole made up two thirds of those killed more than half of the death stem from a suspected non violent offense or traffic violation. In Michigan, Patrick Leo, you were shot in the hands of

head after he was pulled over for mismatched license plate and had a struggle with the officer in Ohio after fleeing a routine traffic stop. First in his car and then on foot. Jalen Walker was shot 60 times by eight officers. McBride says these kinds of killings can be avoided by removing police from some of these situations. Removing traffic stops and vehicle kind of violations from the

law enforcement community, meaning they don't have to show up with their armors. The weapons in order to issue a ticket or traffic violation. As police shootings rose across the country, homicides took a slight downturn from their recent record highs. According to the Council on Criminal Justice, the number of homicides in 35 American cities declined by 4% between 2021 and 2022. But the author of the report

says for that number to continue moving in the right direction. Community trust and law enforcement must increase. Trust in the police matters when it comes to operating with the police, reporting crimes to the police, contacting the police when a problem arises as opposed to just taking care of it on your own. That has to be center most in communities, priorities to improve justice, but also to

reduce crime. Any want killing is too much. Sheldon Smith is the president of the National Black Police Association's Dallas chapter. We see. There is no proper cooperation between any person that we may contact with. Unfortunately, we live in a violent world and many people going to want to talk about that. Smith says reform needs to continue and that it's a long standing part of policing. We

learn every day. You know, from our interactions with the community. I think it's a great thing to reform. One more point. While the Washington Post and others keep track of police with an accurate count, despite a directive by Congress, FBI's use of force database could shut down due to a lack of participation by local law enforcement agencies. Demol Edwards force in Dallas, Texas. Demol, thank you

very much.