Study: Black men killed more often by off-duty police than any other group

Out of 242 times between 2013 and 2021 in which police killed people while not on duty, approximately 40% of the victims were Black men, according to researchers at Yale.

Off-duty police officers kill Black men in the United States at higher rates than they do their white and Hispanic counterparts.

In a study published June 5 in the journal Health Services Research, Yale researchers noted that out of 242 occurrences between 2013 and 2021 in which police killed people while not on duty, approximately 40% of the victims were Black men, according to today!

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