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Troubling Findings Revealed By NPR Investigation On Police Shootings Of Black People

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Demonstrators gather along West Florissant Avenue to protest the shooting of Michael Brown on Aug. 15, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Demonstrators gather along West Florissant Avenue to protest the shooting of Michael Brown on Aug. 15, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Police officers have fatally shot at least 135 unarmed Black men and women in the U.S. since 2015, according to an NPR investigation.

Here & Now's Callum Borchers speaks with Cheryl W. Thompson about her team's findings.

This segment aired on January 25, 2021.

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