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Official Twitter feed for #TheCounted, @GuardianUS's project to document people killed by police in the US in 2015 and 2016: https://xitter.gq/t.co/MoJS8A3PxK

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Here's the series, meticulously reported & produced by @oliverlaughland @jonswaine @MaeRyan @GuardianUS interactive: xitter.gq/thecounted/status/6716…
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Kern County, California: @thecounted tells the brutal story of America's deadliest police gu.com/p/4e9de?CMP=twt_tc
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Big: @KamalaHarris opens investigation of deadly police departments investigated by @jonswaine and @oliverlaughland theguardian.com/us-news/2015…
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.@thecounted has tracked nearly 2,200 police killings since 1 January 2015. Help us complete 2 years of data: gu.com/thecounted/tips
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DoJ announced it would overhaul its program to count police killings in 2015. Results of the pilot program are here: theguardian.com/us-news/2016…
Killings by US police logged at twice the previous rate under new federal program

Killings by US police logged at twice the previous rate under new federal program

US government pilot program, which draws on information collected by the Guardian, publishes first data gathered under new ‘hybrid’ counting system

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Police in Bakersfield, CA killed a 73-year-old man after a witness mistook the man's crucifix for a gun theguardian.com/us-news/2016…
Police say 73-year-old shot by officer had crucifix that was mistaken for gun

Police say 73-year-old shot by officer had crucifix that was mistaken for gun

Francisco Serna was killed in Bakersfield, California after police responded to a 911 call from Serna’s neighbor claiming that he was armed with a gun

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Philando Castile: police officer charged with manslaughter over shooting death theguardian.com/us-news/2016…
Philando Castile: police officer charged with manslaughter over shooting death

Philando Castile: police officer charged with manslaughter over shooting death

Jeronimo Yanez shot Castile dead while he was sitting in his car, the aftermath of which was streamed on Facebook, charged with second-degree manslaughter

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@GuardianUS8 Jul 2016
Share your photos from vigils for the Dallas, Louisiana and Minnesota victims trib.al/gwMLGkg
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You can read Obama's speech on the recent police killings here: theguardian.com/us-news/live…
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Obama ends his speech by looking to the future. Live reaction: theguardian.com/us-news/live…
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Obama's speaking about law enforcement and the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile theguardian.com/us-news/live…
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Obama speaks about deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile – live theguardian.com/us-news/live…
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Obama speaks about deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile – live trib.al/KC0FrE2
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.@thecounted has recorded almost 1,600 cases of police killings from 1 January 2015 through today gu.com/thecounted
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@GuardianUS6 May 2016
We are tracking all the people killed by US police. Explore info in @thecounted database: gu.com/p/492j3?CMP=edit_2221
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Updated in @thecounted: ME rules Richard Davis' death a homicide theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i… The unarmed veteran died after police tasered him
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.@lee_glend, @oliverlaughland, and @jonswaine talk to #Nieman about @GuardianUS and @thecounted niemanreports.org/articles/t…
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12-year-old girl in Pennsylvania killed after a constable shoots her father & bullet hits her: theguardian.com/us-news/2016…

Pennsylvania police fatally shoot 12-year-old at her home

Police constable attempting to ‘enforce an eviction order’ fired a shot at Ciara Meyer’s father that passed through the man’s arm and hit her, officials said

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Added to @thecounted's 2015 database: Eugene McSwain, killed by Chicago police theguardian.com/thecounted/l… thanks to @w_h_thompson for the tip
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Chicago releases hundreds of emails related to Laquan McDonald video trib.al/J8RBj07
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The Guardian view on US killings by police: why we must keep counting trib.al/EqbJIW8
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