The government is watering down data collection on deaths in police custody

In 2014, the same year Mike Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Akai Gurley, and hundreds of other people were killed by police officers across the country, Congress passed the Deaths In Custody Reporting Act (DICRA) to ensure that all deaths in police custody are recorded and reported to the Attorney General. But nearly two years later, the implementation process has yet to begin — and key stakeholders are already concerned about whether the new law will even work.

On Monday, 96 organizations, including the American Civil Liberties (ACLU), the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Amnesty International, and the Southern Poverty Law Center issued a joint statement to Attorney General Loretta Lynch detailing major problems with the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) proposed implementation strategy. They worry that the data collection will remain incomplete under the agency’s plan and that states won’t be held accountable for withholding crucial information....
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