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APNewsBreak: Racial disparities seen in police stun gun use (Connecticut)
Associated Press ^ | Jan 27, 2016 3:27 PM EST | Dave Collins

Posted on 01/27/2016 12:38:54 PM PST by Olog-hai

Connecticut officers who drew their stun guns on the job last year were more likely to fire when the suspect was black or Hispanic, according to a first-of-its-kind set of statistics that could stoke the nation's debate over race and police use of force.

The raw, preliminary data was obtained by The Associated Press ahead of an official analysis expected in the coming weeks. While police and state officials cautioned against passing judgment until then, at least one criminal justice expert said he would not be surprised to see similar findings elsewhere around the country.

Some civil rights groups said the statistics confirm what they suspected for years.

"We feel we're vindicated," said Scot X. Esdaile, president of the Connecticut State Conference of NAACP Branches. "The NAACP has huge issues with how law enforcement use Tasers in communities across our state. We get a lot of complaints." ...

(Excerpt) Read more at hosted.ap.org ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: confirmationbias; dissociatedpress; liberalagenda; liberalmedia; naacp; notdonutwatch; stunguns; tasers
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What, the National Association for the Advancement of Communistic Principles guilty of confirmation bias?
1 posted on 01/27/2016 12:38:54 PM PST by Olog-hai
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I couldn’t be because minorities are more combative when the police are involved.

Liberals simultaneously believe that cops are racist murders and that only cops should guns.


2 posted on 01/27/2016 12:41:49 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Liberals are the Taliban of America, trying to tear down any symbol that they don't like.)
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3 posted on 01/27/2016 12:41:49 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Free Republic Caucus: vote daily / watch for the thread / Starts 01/20 midnight to midnight EST)
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To: Olog-hai

Watch an episode of “Cops” - they are pretty indiscriminate when it comes to taser usage. The last rerun I saw had a white guy squealing like a piglet while being zapped - and he asked for it.


4 posted on 01/27/2016 12:41:56 PM PST by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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To: Olog-hai

In fairness to the police they’re more likely to need a Taser when the person they encounter is black or Hispanic.

The question isn’t how many times a racial group got Tasered, the question is whether or not the individual use of the Taser was justifiable.

But common sense has been replaced by racial politics so...


5 posted on 01/27/2016 12:42:14 PM PST by MeganC (The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
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To: Olog-hai

Breaking News

Connecticut indicts GOD for causing racial disparity in America.


6 posted on 01/27/2016 12:42:20 PM PST by Iron Munro (The wise have stores of choice food and oil but a foolish man devours all he has. Proverbs 21:20)
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To: Olog-hai

It’s time for Pillow Fights!!!


7 posted on 01/27/2016 12:42:35 PM PST by tallyhoe
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To: Olog-hai

Could it possibly be that certain ethnic groups resist arrest more than others?


8 posted on 01/27/2016 12:43:06 PM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Olog-hai

Racial Disparities Seen In NBA!


9 posted on 01/27/2016 12:43:29 PM PST by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: Olog-hai

In 2013, 44 percent of cop killers were white, 37 percent were black and 11 percent were Hispanic. 70% percent of America is white. You do the math.


10 posted on 01/27/2016 12:45:19 PM PST by rsobin
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To: dainbramaged

Fifty kilovolts is going to hurt, no matter what amperage results.


11 posted on 01/27/2016 12:46:07 PM PST by Olog-hai
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If your group commits more crimes, you will have more contact with cops. If your group tends to argue and resist, you will get tazed more.


12 posted on 01/27/2016 12:46:33 PM PST by ozzymandus
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Fifty kilovolts is going to hurt, no matter what amperage results.

The important thing is to find out if the yutes were hate-zapped.

13 posted on 01/27/2016 12:48:31 PM PST by PROCON (Proud CRUZader!)
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To: Olog-hai

I thought they didn’t want the cops to shoot them.


14 posted on 01/27/2016 12:49:16 PM PST by Ancient Man
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Same old BS.

Remember how traffic cops were racist because more blacks got tickets than whites.

Turns out it's because blacks speed a lot more and a lot faster than whites.

The Racial Profiling Myth Debunked

Who would have thunk it?

15 posted on 01/27/2016 12:51:21 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("The goal of socialism is communism... Hatred is the basis of communism" --Vladimir Lenin)
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To: PROCON

Microagression in not allowed in Connecticut.


16 posted on 01/27/2016 12:58:45 PM PST by Daffynition (*Security, confiscate their coats. Get them out of here. It's 10 below zero out there ~DJT)
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To: Olog-hai

Liberals won’t accept the fact that certain minorities are more aggressive towards police.


17 posted on 01/27/2016 1:08:52 PM PST by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: Olog-hai

We get a lot of complaints about Whites being attacked in the knockout “game.”


18 posted on 01/27/2016 1:20:29 PM PST by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: Olog-hai

Yes t does...we have to take a hit before we can carry them...longest five seconds ever...

And I would like to see the internals of this... There is a ton of variables ...size of officer, number of officers, compliance of suspect...it goes on


19 posted on 01/27/2016 1:21:56 PM PST by bike800
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To: I want the USA back

Liberals will try to suppress that fact, as part of their quest for greater power/control.


20 posted on 01/27/2016 1:22:16 PM PST by Olog-hai
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