Table 2. Cases included and excluded as legal intervention deaths from The Guardian’s The Counted database of law-enforcement-related deaths (US, 2015).

Category	Number
Total cases reported	1,146
Exclusion criteria
Struck by vehicle, unless decedent was injured by law enforcement vehicle during pursuit or was intentionally injured as a passenger during transport	27
Domestic violence	6
In-custody death, unless it followed use of a Taser/chokehold, involved withholding essential care (e.g., medical care or water), or was reported by The Counted as having been ruled a homicide by the coroner/medical examiner	23
Injury occurred in 2015, but death occurred in 2016	3
“Friendly fire” (officer accidently shot by another officer)	1
Total cases excluded	60
Total cases included as 2015 legal intervention deaths	1,086