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If things continue as they are: 2020 will be one of the deadliest years on record for the police.
By 1st June 2020, 95 people had been killed by them.
That’s already more than what was reported in 2018 and more than half of what was reported last year by @missingvoiceske pic.twitter.com/VqozgXeOp1
— Odipo Dev (@OdipoDev) June 9, 2020
Covid-19 regulation enforcement has added a new dimension to police killings in Kenya. 18% of this year’s victims died as a result of police enforcing these rules. You can view data on #policebrutalityke in the database we built with MissingVoicesKE.
