T7. New York: 19
While the state may have had one of 2014’s most notorious killings; Eric Garner (pictured above), there has been a steady stream of less high profile killings in the state this year. New York is tied with Ohio at the seventh spot, but in reality, the state has a massive population of 20,000,000, and killing just 19 is less than one in a million. That’s good enough for 45th in the country for killings per capita.
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The oldest person killed by police so far this year is Louis Becker, an 87 year old New York resident, who was killed in a vehicular collision with a state trooper. While it is still under investigation, this one seems like a genuine accident in which no harm was meant.
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