Report: Police Shootings Continue Unabated Despite COVID-19 Shutdowns

NYPD officers work a crime scene on Aug. 18, 2020, in Queens, New York.While 2020 has seen a dramatic slowdown in the day-to-day activities and lives of many Americans amid the coronavirus pandemic, fatal police shootings are still occurring at a rate consistent with previous years—and with significant racial disparities, according to a new report from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).There has been an average of 19.4 deadly police shootings every week this year, a figure no diffe