the top-line number of police-involved deaths also papers over all of the non-fatal (but still catastrophic) unnecessary contact Black people have with the police: Sterling Brown wasn't killed by the police; he was "only" tased and hospitalized, etc.
Philando Castile was likely one of the "only" police-involved deaths in the jurisdiction where he was killed; the police also stopped him 45 times BEFORE the day they shot + killed him, and for no cause that could be reasonably ascertained prior to a stop. n.pr/2nT5ZJs
(no cause, of course, besides being Black.)
even if no one dies or is injured, some version of *this* happens literally thousands of times a day to Black people:
