One in three people killed by police were trying to get away at the time, according to new research from a nonprofit group. Black people were disproportionally represented among the 2,500 killed by U.S. cops while they were running or driving away in the last seven years; they made up one-third of the victims even though they represent 13 percent of the population. The Guardian reports that Mapping Police Violence concluded that police faced criminal charges in only 2 percent of the cases—and only nine cops were convicted. “The only person left to tell the story is the cop,” said civil rights lawyer Adante Pointer.
