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A new investigation reveals that over nearly a decade, more than 1,000 people died following encounters where police employed tactics known as "less-lethal force."

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FRONTLINE and The Associated Press, in collaboration with the Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism, investigate deaths that occurred after police used tactics like prone restraint and other “less-lethal force.” The documentary and accompanying reporting draw on police records, autopsy reports and body cam footage, offering the most expansive tally of such deaths nationwide.

The filmmakers and reporters behind "Documenting Police Use of Force" spoke about how they built an extensive database and created a visual narrative that traces why and how people die in the wake of police using what is known as “less-lethal force.”

The day after Elijah McClain’s ultimately fatal encounter with law enforcement and paramedics, another young man ​​— 24-year-old Taylor Ware — was forcibly sedated and later died. Ware’s story unfolds in an excerpt from ‘Documenting Police Use of Force.’

The practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police has spread quietly across the nation over the last 15 years, built on questionable science and backed by police-aligned experts, an investigation led by The Associated Press has found.

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