At least 385 people were shot and killed by police in the US during the first five months of this year, more than two persons a day, media has reported.
“These shootings are grossly under?reported,” said Jim Bueermann, a former police chief and president of the Washington-based Police Foundation, a nonprofit organisation dedicated to improving law enforcement. “We are never going to reduce the number of police shootings if we don’t begin to accurately track this information,” said Bueermann.
During the first five months of this year, 385 people - more than two a day - were killed, according to analysis by the Washington Post newspaper.
Of the 385 persons killed 365 were men and the rest were women. Most (118) were aged 25-34, while 94 were 35-44. Eight were children younger than 18.
Data collected by the newspaper suggests that the number of people shot by US police is twice as high as official figures claim.
The number of black people was disproportionately high among the victims, especially unarmed ones.