2020 Police Brutality · Schema

Incident

A documented police brutality incident from the 2020 George Floyd protests

BrutalityCivil RightsPolicingPublic Data

Properties

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Unique identifier for the incident (format: state-city-number)
name	string	Brief title or summary of the incident
description	string	Detailed description of what occurred during the incident
date	string	Date the incident occurred (ISO 8601 format)
date_text	string	Human-readable date description
state	string	US state abbreviation where the incident occurred
city	string	City where the incident occurred
geolocation	string	Latitude and longitude coordinates of the incident location
tags	array	Categorical tags describing the type of incident or force used
links	array	Source URLs documenting or referencing the incident
edit_at	string	Direct link to edit this incident record on GitHub

View JSON Schema on GitHub

JSON Schema

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  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/2020-police-brutality/refs/heads/main/json-schema/2020-police-brutality-incident-schema.json",
  "title": "Incident",
  "description": "A documented police brutality incident from the 2020 George Floyd protests",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unique identifier for the incident (format: state-city-number)",
      "example": "nm-albuquerque-1"
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Brief title or summary of the incident",
      "example": "Student journalist struck by foam bullet"
    },
    "description": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Detailed description of what occurred during the incident",
      "example": "A student journalist was struck by a foam bullet while covering protests near downtown."
    },
    "date": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date",
      "description": "Date the incident occurred (ISO 8601 format)",
      "example": "2020-06-01"
    },
    "date_text": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Human-readable date description",
      "example": "June 1st"
    },
    "state": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "US state abbreviation where the incident occurred",
      "example": "NM"
    },
    "city": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "City where the incident occurred",
      "example": "Albuquerque"
    },
    "geolocation": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Latitude and longitude coordinates of the incident location",
      "example": "35.0844,-106.6504"
    },
    "tags": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Categorical tags describing the type of incident or force used",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "example": [
        "foam-bullet",
        "journalist",
        "protester"
      ]
    },
    "links": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Source URLs documenting or referencing the incident",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "format": "uri"
      },
      "example": [
        "https://example.com/news-article",
        "https://twitter.com/example/status/123456"
      ]
    },
    "edit_at": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "Direct link to edit this incident record on GitHub",
      "example": "https://github.com/2020PB/police-brutality/edit/main/reports/New%20Mexico.md"
    }
  }
}