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“Agencies have historically been reluctant to make their use-of-force data public… Perhaps police leaders and politicians are concerned about the backlash that could result if their data uncover evidence of bias or excessive force."

A Bird's Eye View of Civilians Killed by Police in 2015
Criminology & Public Policy
Vol. 16 Issue 1, pp. 309–340,
2017
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