Racial and ethnic disparities in fatal police shootings: Variation across U.S. states and the role of firearm ownership (IMAGE)

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Racial and ethnic disparities in fatal police shootings: Variation across U.S. states and the role of firearm ownership

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Fatal police shooting rates per 100,000 residents over the 6-year study period. These modeled state-level rates are for (A) White, (B) Black, and (C) Hispanic individuals. Alaska and Hawaii are not to scale. Maps created using data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Neil et al., 2026, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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