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Race and Class Intersect

Nearly two-thirds of fatal police shootings happened in black and Latino community areas, and lower-income areas saw more shootings than more affluent ones.

Sources: Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune articles, analyzed by The Chicago Reporter; Supplemental Homicide Report, analyzed by Investigative Reporters and Editors.

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