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Data needed to document police killings
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | December 18, 2014 | Rashad Robinson

Posted on 12/21/2014 4:16:02 PM PST by artichokegrower

There is a national epidemic of police violence, and we are just beginning to understand its scale.

In recent months, there has been a constant drumbeat of high-profile police killings.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: commies; copklillers; copsmurdered; obama; waroncops
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I agree. Tragically just this weekend there were 3 "high-profile police killings". Three police officers were killed while performing their duty to the public by 2 thugs.
1 posted on 12/21/2014 4:16:02 PM PST by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

There was an attack in NYPD 28th precinct today that resulted in a cop getting a broken arm.


2 posted on 12/21/2014 4:17:17 PM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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To: artichokegrower

Kind of a stupid article, but good data on police (and other) killings is a good idea. If only to keep people like this writer from implying the issue is much larger than it is.


3 posted on 12/21/2014 4:18:25 PM PST by Sherman Logan
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To: artichokegrower

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/12/18/racial_cop_stories_that_didnt_make_the_cut_125004.html


4 posted on 12/21/2014 4:24:37 PM PST by samtheman
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To: artichokegrower

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3238982/posts


5 posted on 12/21/2014 4:25:10 PM PST by samtheman
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To: artichokegrower

Police kill black people, with little or no accountability.

No one call him on this absolute horseshlt?

Its such an irresponsible lie and it makes the rest of his article butt wipe paper.

Yet there are his people out there believing and acting on this flawed crap.


6 posted on 12/21/2014 4:38:47 PM PST by Adder (No, Mr. Franklin, we could NOT keep it.)
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Are you saying any police killing of a black man is a defacto crime regardless of the outcome of any investigation, media scrutiny, etc.?


7 posted on 12/21/2014 4:49:12 PM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Adder

“Police kill black people, with little or no accountability.
No one call him on this absolute horseshlt?”

I agree, police kill white people and even dogs with no accountability as well...

If the police raided you house tonight by mistake and killed you and your dog, Nothing would happen to them. It happens more than a couple of times a week.


8 posted on 12/21/2014 4:52:29 PM PST by babygene
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To: artichokegrower

It’s the “lawlessness of Obama” that he brought with him. He has let this loose upon the USA.


9 posted on 12/21/2014 5:04:28 PM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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The slain police officers: Rafael Ramos, 40, left, and Wenjian Liu, 32. Credit New York Police Department

The slain police officers: Rafael Ramos, 40, left, and Wenjian Liu, 32. Credit New York Police Department

10 posted on 12/21/2014 5:05:10 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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To: Adder

http://www.cato.org/raidmap


11 posted on 12/21/2014 5:49:59 PM PST by eyeamok
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To: artichokegrower

There is another in St Louis IIRC, where an off duty cop was shot multiple times and is in critical condition.

The cop haters on here are probably wringing their hands with joy over these recent events.


12 posted on 12/21/2014 7:32:56 PM PST by 2CAVTrooper (If you ain't CAV, you ain't.......)
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Here’s one that happened in my small town.

CHP officer kills teen after machete attack
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3239339/posts


13 posted on 12/21/2014 7:37:06 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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To: 2CAVTrooper
The cop haters on here are probably wringing their hands with joy over these recent events.

I see a lot of posters loudly making the assertion, as you have done.

Cowards that they are, and it appears you are cowardly too, no one names a FR hater.

I suspect that's because you can't.

14 posted on 12/21/2014 7:56:57 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Gruber Revelations are proof that God is still smiling on America.)
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To: artichokegrower
The best data I have found is surprisingly from a Mother Jones article trying to demonstrate that cops pick on blacks disproportionately. The article's author admitted that she couldn't demonstrate it, but that didn't stop her from concluding it is a big problem.

She included a table that shows all deaths during arrest by year, including the race/color of the dead perp. I used the data from 2003-2009, so there wouldn't be any single year anomalies. I calculated the percentages of death by race, and compared it with percentage of population by race in the three largest cities, NYC, LA, and CHI, since most arrest-related deaths are expected to occur in big cities. Here's the result:

_________Deaths
Race_____% of total_____% Pop NYC____%Pop LA___%Pop CHI
White______42%____________45___________29_________32
Black______32_____________25___________10_________32
Hispanic___20_____________28___________48_________29

I conclude that whites are being killed disproportionately during arrest. What it really suggests is that there is no trend of blacks being treated in any special way during arrrest.

Furthermore the data in the article embarrassingly shows that black account for 75% of gun crimes in NYC.


http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/08/police-shootings-michael-brown-ferguson-black-men
15 posted on 12/21/2014 8:03:32 PM PST by Chaguito
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To: artichokegrower
The best data I have found is surprisingly from a Mother Jones article trying to demonstrate that cops pick on blacks disproportionately. The article's author admitted that she couldn't demonstrate it, but that didn't stop her from concluding it is a big problem.

She included a table that shows all deaths during arrest by year, including the race/color of the dead perp. I used the data from 2003-2009, so there wouldn't be any single year anomalies. I calculated the percentages of death by race, and compared it with percentage of population by race in the three largest cities, NYC, LA, and CHI, since most arrest-related deaths are expected to occur in big cities. Here's the result:

_________Deaths
Race_____% of total_____% Pop NYC____%Pop LA___%Pop CHI
White______42%____________45___________29_________32
Black______32_____________25___________10_________32
Hispanic___20_____________28___________48_________29

I conclude that whites are being killed disproportionately during arrest. What it really suggests is that there is no trend of blacks being treated in any special way during arrrest.

Furthermore the data in the article embarrassingly shows that black account for 75% of gun crimes in NYC.


http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/08/police-shootings-michael-brown-ferguson-black-men
16 posted on 12/21/2014 8:04:42 PM PST by Chaguito
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To: Balding_Eagle

Take your blinders off.

There are numerous posts on here where members have trashed the cops time and time again going as far as calling them “murderers”.


17 posted on 12/22/2014 2:56:15 PM PST by 2CAVTrooper (If you ain't CAV, you ain't.......)
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To: 2CAVTrooper

Your post is a lie.


18 posted on 12/22/2014 5:14:17 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Gruber Revelations are proof that God is still smiling on America.)
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To: 2CAVTrooper
On the other hand, here are some documented cases of out of control cops. Taken from the thousands detailed here on FR

No Freeper set these cops up, they brought the disgrace, humiliation, and loss of public support on themselves. .:

Man charged for shooting when cops went to wrong house (Jury finds him innocent) WAVY ^ | July 15, 2014 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3180907/posts

Sober woman arrested for DWI after deputy rolls through stop sign NewsChannel 3 WTKR ^ | May 2, 2014 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3154158/posts

Elderly man calls for ambulance, violent cops beat him instead daily caller ^ | 4-21-14 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3147475/posts

Horror: Cops tackle, beat, pepper-spray, pin, suffocate, kill innocent man Daily Caller ^ | 02/25/2014 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3127187/posts

Wisconsin Police Chief Pleads No Contest to Harassing Tea Party Leader The La Crosse Tribune ^ | 7/26/2014 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3185371/posts

Six-year-old girl watches in horror as police 'shoot dead her dog Apollo in her front yard ‎7‎/‎28‎/‎2014 ‎ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3186053/posts

NYPD officer pictured 'putting seven-months pregnant woman into a chokehold for illegally grilling outside her apartment' July 28, 2014 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3186193/posts

Man beaten, three SAPD officers investigated for possible excessive force July 24, 2014 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3187839/posts

Officer Puts Gun To Boy’s Throat In McDonald’s Drive Thru For Taking Too Long | Aug 2, 2014 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3188244/posts

San Antonio police mistake photographer for fleeing drug suspect, beat him silly Washington Post ^ | July 29, 2014 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3186590/posts

Trooper filmed 'brutally beating woman on side of California Hwy (For Her "Protection") Daily Mail ^ | 7-4-2014 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3176062/posts

A SWAT team blew a hole in my 2-year-old son Salon ^ | June 24, 2014 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3172322/posts

Veteran Stopped for No Front License Plate, Beat to Death by 5 Cops ‎5‎/‎19‎/‎2014 ‎http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3157894/posts

Officer shot in road rage clash also indicted Pioneer Press ^ | 8-10-14 | http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3191425/posts

Off-Duty LAPD Officer Apparently Pointing Gun in Photo NBC Bay Area ^ | Sunday, Aug 10, 2014 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3191691/posts

Chief: Police killed California robbery hostage [police shot hostage 10 times]] Associated Press ^ | August 11, 2014 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3191771/posts

St. Paul police officer allegedly left scene of (His) accident Pioneer Press ^ | 8-11-14 |http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3191748/posts

South Florida Man Fights Back After Felony Arrest Liveleak.com ^ | 08/21/2014 | http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3195726/posts

Connecticut trooper pleads guilty to stealing dying motorcycle crash victim’s jewelry, moneyNY Daily News ^ | Thursday, July 17, 2014, http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3196069/posts

Eyewitnesses recall the day when Brandon Ellington Drown in the Lake of the Ozarks (State Trooper caused drowning) Kansas City Star ^ | 8-23-14 | http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3196495/posts

Texas cops defend pulling over mother of four at gunpoint Sun News Network ^ | 8-25-14 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3196759/posts

Cop Hits Man in the Head 20 Times as Onlookers Plead 'Don't Punch Him No More 'Reason ^ | August 25, 2014 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3196991/posts

Kentucky: Lawsuit Restored Against Cop Caught Lying About Traffic Stop theNewspaper ^ | 8/26/2014 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3197342/posts

(Police) Corruption in the City of Waldo exposed (FL) Ocala Post ^ | August 28, 2014 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3198777/posts

Oklahoma City cop charged with sexually assaulting eight women is released on bondNY Daily News ^ | 9/7/14 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3201380/posts

SC trooper charged with felony in shooting at traffic stop over seat belt violationThe State ^ 09/24/2014 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3208138/posts

Man killed by cops after car thief alleges meth find (No drugs found) Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | 03 Oct 14 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3211655/posts

SEE IT: NYPD cop allegedly took $1,300 in cash from Brooklyn construction worker’s pocket http://www.nydailynews.com ^ | october 8, 2014 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3212986/posts


19 posted on 12/22/2014 5:17:15 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Gruber Revelations are proof that God is still smiling on America.)
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To: artichokegrower
In Mobile, Alabama, a black cop shot and killed an unarmed white teenager. As with Michael Brown, the Alabama teen was later found to have been under the influence of marijuana at the time of the shooting. The teen had also recently taken a hallucinogen, and was so stoned he thought he was on fire -- and literally took his clothes off. Nude -- and obviously unarmed -- he was still later shot by the cop. Despite public pressure, a Mobile grand jury decided not to indict the black police officer, believing he acted in self-defense. Not national news.

In Salt Lake City, Utah, just two days after Brown was shot and killed in Ferguson, a "not white" cop shot and killed an unarmed 20-year-old man whose race has been described as Hispanic. The family of the dead man believes that the cop is a murderer. Not national news.

And not right either.

20 posted on 12/22/2014 5:25:35 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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