” We have internal
police investigations and the courts to
hold them accountable.”
Hahaha. What a joke. Internal investigation is an oxymoron. Those same entities gave the shooters in the Dorner hunt a complete pass. In what world were their actions reasonable?
I’m using my phone, so I can’t type out the ones I know of right now. I’ll try and get back to you on them.
But the truth remains the same. The public will accept only so much. You might notice that people are getting angry.
The people who are in the streets of Ferguson are angry. They also ignore the facts and rely on myth and lies to form their opinion.
Estimates on the number of people killed by the police annually range from 400 to 1,000. 27 police officers were killed in 2013 in the line of duty.
The US homicide rate, which has declined substantially since 1992 from a rate per 100,000 persons of 9.8 to 4.8 in 2010, is still among the highest in the industrialized world. There were 14,748 homicides in the United States in 2010, including non-negligent manslaughter. In 14% of all murders, the victim and the offender were strangers.
Do we really have a major problem with police shooting innocent people, especially minorities? I don't think so. Do we have a problem with violent crime? Yes, compared to most of the developed world. Who is responsible? Certainly not the police.