FBI to launch new system to count people killed by police officers

Il FBI plans to overhaul its system for counting the number of deaths caused by police in the US, according to federal officials, and will begin releasing information about deadly encounters involving the use of Tasers and other force, in addition to fatal shootings.

Responding to months of sharp criticism over its existing program for reporting fatal shootings by police officers, the bureau is to unveil a new system that will publish a wider range of data, resembling that currently collected by an ongoing Guardian investigation.

Stephen Fischer, a senior official in the FBI’s criminal justice information services division in West Virginia, ha detto di aver "individuato la necessità di informazioni più robusta e complete su incontri tra agenti delle forze dell'ordine e cittadini che si traducono in un uso della forza".

Funzionari hanno detto che gli statistici intendevano contare incidenti mortali che coinvolgono la forza fisica, Taser e armi contundenti usati dagli ufficiali così come le armi da fuoco, e che avevano in programma...LEGGI TUTTO