Our
project explores un- and under-reported incidents of police officer
involved (POI) homicides, both justified and unjustified. To fill gaps
found in existing government and local databases pertaining to POI
homicides, we deploy participatory action research methods through
community involvement in mining and analyzing social media data related
to these incidents. Through these methods, social media information
operates in concert with publicly available government and local
databases to create a clearer representation of the lived realities of
communities experiencing police homicides in the United States. Los
Angeles County is our first community of study.