“Albuquerque Police Dept. Kills 26 people in 4 years”
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Jack-Booted thug alert....
This has been happening all over the US. I noticed it starting over 10 years ago. It seems to get worse each year.
It is no surprise, seeing how police are portrayed in the movies that I see on TV.
"If you're big, strong and stupid........"
Which is 26 more people than the law-abiding gun owners (even with all of their “scary” “assault” weapons) have in the past 3 decades.
And THESE are the people the left would rather have all of the guns?
The police culture in NM has not been covering themselves with civil liberties glory of late. The travesties in Deming are still fresh in the mind.
There are a ton of illegals in Albuquerque.
In all fairness, to give real credibility to a story like this, it really helps to create a table of each of the killings and woundings, not just selectively cite one that is particularly egregious. Yes, it involves work.
Importantly, some, or even many on the list will be seen as objectively reasonable shootings on the part of the police. And to note these, and subtract them from the total amount, slathers on credibility, even if it comes at the expense of some of the drama.
So instead of “killed 26 and wounded 40”, the article might read “killed 15 and wounded 30 *under questionable circumstances*.
A smaller number, but far more damning.
Indeed the shooting of the homeless person earlier this year should be considered murder; the video is prominently displayed on the ABQ Journal’s website and will both sicken and anger you. A second shooting of a 19-year old woman about two months ago also appears unjustified, though she was committing criminal acts. In the latter case, it appears the lapel camera was deliberately shut off just before the confrontation and turned back on after it was over, total time about five minutes. In both cases, some of the shootings were by police who had checkered records as officers.
What is not reported is that before both of these shootings, the Obama administration’s Dept. of Justice completed a report on separate earlier shootings and sanctions and fines are coming against the APD together with oversight by the DOJ. The mayor’s office and city council are instituting a citizen advisory committee to work with the PD to reform procedures (like not shooting at fleeing vehicles). These are separate from changes expected to be required from the DOJ.
Also, citizens and students from UNM have been protesting some of which have gotten violent, breaking into the mayor’s office and disrupting city council meetings. The protests have generally been led by a UNM professor who is good at agitating the protestors. However, APD has stepped into it too buy embedding undercover officers into the protests who were videotaping individuals in the chance they would turn violent. Unfortunately for the police, some were recognized by news reporters and outed, which has aggravated tensions more.
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