A new database compiled by a team at the University of Illinois is tracking use of lethal force by police officers… in an effort to push for greater accountability in such incidents.
The database… called SPOTLITE… logs any use of firearms by police, including those with non-fatal outcomes, and any other type of force that results in someone’s death. The university says the database has identified more than twice as many officer-involved shootings since 2014 than had been previously reported by Illinois State Police.
The database shows that 61-percent of the people subjected to lethal force were Black, 21-percent were white, and 18-percent were Hispanic or from another minority group.
