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Rural Shootings and the Kentucky State Police

Rural Shootings and the Kentucky State Police

As police shootings have become a flashpoint in U.S. cities, The Marshall Project and the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting spent a year examining those urban killings’ little-publicized counterparts in rural America.

LPM Investigations

For Kentucky State Police, Lots of Shootings Draw Little Scrutiny

R.G. Dunlop

The Kentucky State Police fatally shot 41 people from 2015 through 2020, more than any other law enforcement agency in the state.
LPM Investigations

'Shooting First And Asking Questions Later'

R.G. Dunlop

As fatal police shootings have become a flash point in U.S. cities, they have also occurred at high rates in rural areas — largely without national attention.