Does anyone know the justifiable homicide by police officers rates over the decades?
I don’t yet, but looking at some figures from the 1950s, it sure varies from city to city, which means from one department to another.
Recently, there seems to be a clear increase not in cop killing people in general, but in cops killing people, when they are the ones under attack. “”when the justifiable homicides carried out by law enforcement officers in response to attacks on them are examined, the result is quite different. From 1980 to 1984, the average
number of such homicides was 153, or 39% of the total number. However, for 2004 to 2008, the average number was 255, or 68% of the total””
I have read that white female cops have a higher “stand off and kill” rate than others, we need to make an effort to start putting numbers together so that we can see what the reality is.
If they are indeed under attack and they need to save their life or the lives of others then killing is called for. But too many times it turns out they weren’t really in danger but they shot first before proper assessment. Or sometime it was the cop’s actions that provoked the situation. Then somehow the report comes out that it was justified.