Historical lynchings and officer-involved shootings involving whites

Year Number of lynchings % of officer-involved shootings involving whites
2020 0 66.40
2020 1 67.52
2020 2 59.01
2020 3 46.17
2020 4 63.80
2020 5 46.16
2020 6 48.25
2020 7 50.97
2020 8 50.28
2020 9 53.33
2020 10 44.91
2020 11 25.00
2020 12 60.00
2020 13 38.89
2020 14 35.36
2020 16 100.00
2020 17 39.58
2020 18 50.50
2020 25 35.71

 

Notes: Estimates are based on lynching data from 1882–1930 and officer-involved shooting data from 2015–2020.

Source: Author’s analysis of Historical American Lynching Project data and officer-involved shooting data from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Mississippi.

View the underlying data on epi.org.