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“Our data suggest a substantial overrepresentation of people with mental illness among those killed [by police]… Rates of death were the highest for African-Americans with mental illness followed by non-Hispanic Whites with mental illness."

Deaths of People With Mental Illness During Interactions With Law Enforcement Deaths of People With Mental Illness During Interactions With Law Enforcement US Death Rate by police per million, by race, for 2015 US Death Rate by police per million, by race, for 2015
Deaths of People With Mental Illness During Interactions With Law Enforcement
International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
Saleh, Amam Z. / Appelbaum, Paul S. / Liu, Xiaoyu / Stroup, T. Scott / Wall, Melanie
Vol. 58, pp. 110–116, 2018
10.1016/j.ijlp.2018.03.003
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