The American Police officers killed 1193 people in 2017, that is 3 people every day, during the year. In the majority of the incidents 631 officers were responding to non-violent offenses or when no crime had been reported at all. 87 people killed had been stopped for a traffic violation.
In the eyes of the US police anything you might have in your hand could be a gun, therefore they will possibly shoot you and probably kill you.
A photographer was shot by deputy who mistook his tripod for a gun.
An Ohio photographer who was shot by Deputy Jake Shaw after he stopped to take pictures of a traffic stop and his tripod was mistaken for a gun. Grimm filed a lawsuit against the county, but lawyers say not only were the deputy's actions "reasonable," but Grimm's own "negligence... contributed to cause the injuries."
A man was shot in his grandmother's backyard because he was holding an iPhone in his hand.
The Sacramento officers believed the suspect was pointing a firearm at them. Fearing for their safety. The officers fired 20 times at Clark and he was hit multiple times, police told CNN affiliate KOVR. Officers then handcuffed Clark and began life-saving efforts, according to police. He was pronounced dead at the scene. After an exhaustive search, scene investigators did not locate any firearms. The only item found near the suspect was a cell phone.
In Chicago, 13-year-old Jakeem Booker was standing in the front doorway of his aunt’s house when he was mistakenly shot in the back with a stray bullet from the gun of a village police officer who was aiming for a fleeing tire rim thief.
Meanwhile, the number of police officers feloniously killed in the line of duty in 2017 stood at 46 according to the FBI.
This numbers comes from Chicago Tribune and The Washington Post. The Washington Post keeps a database of police killings for 2015 to 2017. Also the Fatal Interactions with Police Study (FIPS) database includes details on about 1,700 fatal interactions with police that occurred in jurisdictions across the United States during a 20-month time period from May 2013 to January 2015.