Number of people killed due to police interventions in Brazil in 2020, by state and ethnicity
Rakshanda Sharma
According to Statista, In 2020, around 939 black and brown-skinned people were killed by security agents in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as compared to 153 white persons killed by security agents in the same year.
Police personnel convicted in Russia
Janvi Goel
According to statista, there has been a downward trend in the number of police personnel convicted of violence against civilians in Russia from 2016 to 2020. In 2020, 503 police personnels were convicted under Section 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of Russia.
Conduct allegation cases reported against police officers in UK
Anuja Mistry
National Police Chief’s Council (NPCC) states, 1,177 cases of alleged police-perpetrated violence were reported against 1,539 police officers between October 2021 and April 2022. Of these around 55 percent were conduct matters and 45 percent were complaints from the public.
Movies on police brutality
Sneha SK
There have been many movies that have been released on police brutality over the years in different languages. Visaranai won the Filmfare award for Best Film and Best Director in 2017.
Rise in Pending cases of police encounters
Aanchal Kumari
Chhatisgarh witnesses the highest number of encounter killings at 259 followed by Uttar Pradesh at 110, and Assam at 79 in the last six years.
Survey of Police personal on their views on police brutality
Sai Aravindh
A survey shows that about 74 percent of the police personnel agreed that it was alright for them to adopt a violent attitude towards criminals.
Movements against Police brutality
Navya Sruthi
All these popular movements were due to police brutality. These cases created outrage among the people.
Number of people killed globally by police
Shreya Chekkilla
More people were killed by police in 2022 than any other year in the past decade.
Police Killings by Country 2023
M.Surabhi
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s most violent state and much of which is under the control of drug-trafficking gangs, has the highest number of police killings
Number of people shot to death by police in U.S.by race
Yogada Sharma
The total number of deaths per year due to police brutality has increased from 2017 to 2022 by huge margin.
Top 10 countries with highest police killings
Ajay Rag
Here is the list of countries with the highest rate of police killings. The United States of America ranks 33rd in the list.
State-wise No. of Cases Registered in respect of Custodial Deaths from 2020 to 2022
Deepali Jain
This data was presented in the Lok Sabha as an question asked by DR. M.P. Abdussamad Samadani in the Lok Sabha’s to the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs. Uttar Pradesh registered the highest custodial deaths in 2021 – 2022. The state registered 501 cases in 2021- 22 compared to 451 cases in 2020-21. Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab followed with 237, 201 and 153 cases in 2021-22.
