Who Do the Police Kill? Migration Background of Victims of Fatal Police Interventions in France

This article examines the methodological challenges involved in analyzing inequalities in police homicides in France based on migration origin. Using a database covering the period from 1990 to 2020, we highlight the systematic overrepresentation of foreign, immigrant, or immigrant-descendent individuals among victims. These disparities vary greatly depending on the type of intervention, suggesting that they are explained more by police control activities than by a differentiated use of lethal force.