University of Illinois launches registry tracking police lethal force incidents
The University of Illinois has unveiled the nations first-ever interactive database that meticulously catalogs actions by law enforcement resulting in someones death.
The “SPOTLITE” registry encapsulates lethal law enforcement encounters spanning the years 2014 to 2021, drawing from all 50 states, including Illinois, which recorded 695 confirmed instances of police using lethal force in that timeframe.
University researchers leading the initiative pointed to an alarming upward trend in people dying at the hands of the police in recent years.
