Progress Is Being Made
Aug 20, 2015 11:06:53 #
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/08/the-shocking-number-of-cops-recently-indicted-for-murder/401732/
The Number of Cops Indicted for Murder Spikes Upward
In the past five months, at least 14 police officers have been charged for on-duty killingsmore than five times the normal rate.
Phil McCarten / Reuters
CONOR FRIEDERSDORF AUG 19, 2015
At least 14 cops have been charged in recent months with committing murder, homicide, or manslaughter while on duty. On Tuesday, a judge ruled that two Albuquerque policemen must stand trial for killing a homeless man as he appeared to surrender. The same day, two former East Point police officers were indicted on charges that they murdered a 24-year-old father by repeatedly using their Tasers on him while he was handcuffed and sitting in a creek, The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported.
On Monday, The Washington Post reported that a former Fairfax County police officer was charged with second-degree murder, nearly two years after he shot an unarmed Springfield man who stood with his hands raised in the doorway of his home.
At the end of July, prosecutor Joe Deters announced that University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing will face murder charges for shooting an unarmed motorist during a traffic stop. In June, a South Carolina grand jury indicted former officer Michael T. Slager for shooting 50-year-old Walter Scott in the back as he ran away from a traffic stop.
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The Number of Cops Indicted for Murder Spikes Upward
In the past five months, at least 14 police officers have been charged for on-duty killingsmore than five times the normal rate.
Phil McCarten / Reuters
CONOR FRIEDERSDORF AUG 19, 2015
At least 14 cops have been charged in recent months with committing murder, homicide, or manslaughter while on duty. On Tuesday, a judge ruled that two Albuquerque policemen must stand trial for killing a homeless man as he appeared to surrender. The same day, two former East Point police officers were indicted on charges that they murdered a 24-year-old father by repeatedly using their Tasers on him while he was handcuffed and sitting in a creek, The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported.
On Monday, The Washington Post reported that a former Fairfax County police officer was charged with second-degree murder, nearly two years after he shot an unarmed Springfield man who stood with his hands raised in the doorway of his home.
At the end of July, prosecutor Joe Deters announced that University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing will face murder charges for shooting an unarmed motorist during a traffic stop. In June, a South Carolina grand jury indicted former officer Michael T. Slager for shooting 50-year-old Walter Scott in the back as he ran away from a traffic stop.
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Aug 20, 2015 12:28:57 #
jelun wrote:
Oh, Im sure youll delete this because it doesnt support your bogus narrative but in the US in 2014 there were:
623 people killed by police officers
319 million people in the US
This equates to less than 0.20 people killed by police officers per 100 thousand people.
Granted, it is VERY unfortunate if anyone is killed by a police officer and those instances should be thoroughly investigated but the constant narrative that you put forth that this is rampant is in fact unfounded and completely bogus.
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