The AP and PBS "Frontline" found over 1,000 people from 2012 through 2021 died after police used tactics that were not supposed to be lethal.

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A team of journalists led by The Associated Press has documented 1,036 deaths over the decade from 2012–2021 after police used physical force or weapons that are meant to be safer than firearms. Browse themes uncovered by this investigation, view details from all the cases and search for cities and towns where deaths happened.