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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAmerican police killed more people in March (111) than the entire UK police have killed since 1900
American police killed more people in March (111) than the entire UK police have killed since 1900Apr 01, 2015 * by Shaun King * Daily Kos
Yeah. Those numbers are real.
A total of 111 people were killed by police in the United States in March of 2015. Since 1900, in the entire United Kingdom, 52 people have been killed by police.
Don't bother adjusting for population differences, or poverty, or mental illness, or anything else. The sheer fact that American police kill TWICE as many people per month as police have killed in the modern history of the United Kingdom is sick, preposterous, and alarming.
In March:
Police beat Phillip White to death in New Jersey. He was unarmed.
Police shot and killed Meagan Hockaday, a 26-year-old mother of three.
Police shot and killed Nicholas Thomas, an unarmed man on his job at Goodyear in metro Atlanta.
Police shot and killed Anthony Hill, an unarmed war veteran fighting through mental illness, in metro Atlanta.
I could tell 107 more of those stories.
This has to end.
http://m.dailykos.com/story/2015/04/01/1374908/-American-police-killed-more-people-in-March-111-than-in-the-entire-United-Kingdom-since-1900?detail=email
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American police killed more people in March (111) than the entire UK police have killed since 1900 (Original Post)
99th_Monkey
Apr 2015
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TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)1. Police have killed...
115 in 31 days of March
85 in 28 days of Feb
91 in 31 days of Jan
They are now killing nearly every 6 1/2 hours.
https://twitter.com/CassandraRules/status/583728342295261184
85 in 28 days of Feb
91 in 31 days of Jan
They are now killing nearly every 6 1/2 hours.
https://twitter.com/CassandraRules/status/583728342295261184
Citizen Run Database Shows Over 1,000 People Killed by Cops in 2014
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/data-shows-1000-people-killed-cops-2014/#5ls3kqGksKSBBKJe.99
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/data-shows-1000-people-killed-cops-2014/#5ls3kqGksKSBBKJe.99
TYY
Skittles
(153,193 posts)2. ridiculous to compare England and America
England doesn't have the sheer numbers of gun humping NRA-fueled cowards that America does
not saying there's no problem, just that this comparison is ridiculous
hack89
(39,171 posts)3. The cops are killing unarmed people
it has nothing to do with guns.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)4. How are most people killed by cops?
And what is the most common justification given by the killing cops?
Logical
(22,457 posts)5. Lol, so explain the unarmed ones Einstein! Nt
Skittles
(153,193 posts)6. armed and paranoid people create an atmosphere that gets people KILLED
INCLUDING INNOCENT PEOPLE. HELLO!!!
Logical
(22,457 posts)7. So you're blaming guns for the cops shooting people unarmed! So...
A cop would love you on the jury.
So the "reached for the waistband" excuse pulls you in every time?
you seriously want to let America's gun-humping culture COMPLETELY OFF THE HOOK for police shootings?
Logical
(22,457 posts)9. No more than you're trying to blame it for every police shooting! LOL nt
Skittles
(153,193 posts)10. great critical thinking there
hoo boy
DONE HERE
Logical
(22,457 posts)13. Ahhhh! Grumpy? nt
foo_bar
(4,193 posts)11. I'm pretty sure Belfast is in the UK
Just sayin.
damnedifIknow
(3,183 posts)12. I don't know what to say
This is unbelievable. I keep rereading to make sure of what I'm reading.
Logical
(22,457 posts)14. Worth a bump today!!!!!! nt