Pain of police killings ripples outward to traumatize Black people and communities across US

Guest Commentary: Pain of Police Killings Traumatizes Black People and Communities Across U.S.

Each year, U.S. police kill about 1,000 people, with Black men being about 2.5 times more likely to be killed than white men.

Pain of police killings ripples outward to traumatize Black people and communities across US

As the video goes public of Black police officers in Memphis beating Tyre Nichols to death, it is a stark reminder of George Floyd's murder by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020. That set up the largest protests in U.S. history and a national reckoning with racism.