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They called in the National Guard ahead of time and had police at the ready.
Among men of all races, ages 25 to 29, police killings are the sixth-leading cause of death, according to a study led by Frank Edwards of Rutgers University, with a total annual mortality risk of 1.8 deaths per 100,000 people. Accidental death, a category that includes automotive accidents and drug overdoses, was the biggest cause at 76.6 deaths per 100,000, and followed by suicide (26.7), other homicides (22.0), heart disease (7.0), and cancer (6.3).
The data used in this study do not differentiate between police killings that were later determined to be justified and those that were not. FBI data, which is widely acknowledged to be incomplete, shows that 400 to 500 homicides each year are determined to be justified, which is defined as “the killing of a felon by a law enforcement officer in the line of duty.” Those deaths represent about half of the roughly 1,000 annual police killings that independent tallies, including those by The Washington Post and The Guardian, have found.
For a black man, the risk of being killed by a police officer is about 2.5 times higher than that of a white man. “Our models predict that about 1 in 1,000 black men and boys will be killed by police over the life course,” the authors write.
Police killings account for 1.6 percent of all deaths of black men age 20 to 24, the study found. Among white men, police are responsible for 0.5 percent of all deaths in that age group. A 40-year-old black man has about the same risk of being killed by a police officer as a 20-year-old white man.
Because no reliable federal data exists for police killings, the authors turned to the data compiled by Fatal Encounters, a project that uses news reports, public records requests and crowdsourced information to tally officer-involved fatalities. The authors note that Fatal Encounters was “endorsed as a sound source of data” by the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics in a 2016 report, but they warn that the data likely undercounts the number of officer-involved killings: “If any death is not covered by news organizations or is not documented in searchable public records,” they note, “it will not appear in the data.”
The study excludes police-involved deaths determined to be a suicide, the result of a car accident or an accident, like an overdose or fall.
Police killings are far more common in the United States than in other advanced democracies. That’s partly because the U.S. has a much higher homicide rate — “25.2 times higher” — than economically similar countries, according to a 2016 study. One of the prime drivers of that difference, research shows, is the nation’s high rate of gun ownership: Americans make up 4 percent of the global population but own nearly half the guns in the world.
Highly misleading reporting and use of stats to intentionally stir-up irrationale hatred and fear of police. So irresponsible.
The UK during its control of the American colonies outlawed firearms and made it impossible for colonists to defend themselves against the British Army who were abusing their power.
But not like Progressives, the BLM movement and many others at the local level that form a large faction of the Democrats and to whom Biden often panders.
Abolishing the police completely is a radical, far left position that isn’t supported by the vast majority liberals. A larger percentage would like to see more money go to programs that might have community members and mental health workers handle some duties that the police seem to struggle with.
Shaq and Charles Barkley are right-wingers trying to scare moderates into voting Republican? Ok.
Not all all. Shaq and Barkley seem to be moderates on this issue like Joe Biden and me.
The city councilwoman in my urban district recently filed a bill to literally abolish the existing police department and replace it with a "peace force."
When the first major city abolishes a police department resulting in lawlessness, I’ll admit you were right but, honestly, you don’t need to fear this. It’s not going to happen.
I understand the history - I’m saying I don’t get it - any of it - sports, collecting, shooting them, the idea that you are protecting yourself against the government. And I live in a county and in particular in a neighborhood where most people are armed to a teeth.
From the protester perspective, when they say defund, they mean defund. And moderate Democrats have to tap dance around that when they talk about it as they do not want to anger a large part of their base. Polls show only about 18% of voters support defunding the police, but if you translate to just Democrats it is in the 30-40% range.
Parts of that were difficult to watch. However, it does shed a lot of light on the whole situation, IMO, and the man presenting the video makes a lot of good points.
Oh, well, as far as personal preferences, that is another whole issue. I don't get a lot of things that people are obsessed with or adamant about. There is no accounting for personal tastes.
Per witnesses/family, an older white man was "beating the hell out of his wife" inside the convenience store, Johnathan Price intervened, the altercation went outside. When police arrived, Price raised his hands and began trying to explain the situation when the police tased him. The convulsions from the electric shock were "perceived as a threat" and the police then killed him.
It was this black man's fault for, well being black. He should know better in America!
From June:
Man, almost all of these stories are horrible but if that's how things played out then that's just brutal.
Very tragic by the early reports . Hopefully they punish the domestic abuser as well as the officer to the full extent that of the law. Horrible story
I don't want to over-simply things but if this happens more often where they are (rightly) charge and they are (rightly) convicted then over time I would expect the problem to go down*. Mix that in with better training and full-time body cams and I think we begin seeing a difference.
TL;DR All but one witness interviewed indicated that no commands were given and the police encounter began and ended with a hail of gunfire from only the police, with several police rifle rounds hitting nearby houses.
Worth noting that he's still facing "unintentional 2nd-degree murder" and "2nd-degree manslaughter" charges.
The guy (allegedly) had a knife, but the police still shouldn't jump from "Put the knife down," straight to deadly force. Could have tased the guy, maybe pepper spray, but it seems like a few steps were missed here.
You do realize that if the US govt/military decides to take over those "guns" you speak of wont help citizens. Those guns wont stop tanks, drones, nor nukes. Really is a false narrative at this point.
Too easybcat01 said:
