Below are lists of people killed by law enforcement in the United States, both on duty and off duty.
The numbers below show how many total killings per year are recorded in the linked lists; these values may be less than the actual number of people killed by law enforcement if the deaths were not reported. The listing documents the occurrence of a death, without any investigation or elaboration into the department or making no implications regarding wrongdoing or justification on the part of the person(s) killed or officer(s) involved.
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| 2000s | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | ||