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matt819

(10,749 posts) Mon Apr 11, 2016, 01:50 PM Apr 2016

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It takes a British newspaper

To document police killings in the US. It's remarkable the number of ways things are fucked up here.

http://www.theguardian.com/membership/2016/apr/11/inside-the-counted-guardian-us-police-killings

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It takes a British newspaper (Original Post) matt819 Apr 2016 OP

Last year the Washington Post did a complete study of police killings in the US. Nitram Apr 2016 #1

I stand corrected matt819 Apr 2016 #2

And they just won a Pulitzer for the series. Nitram Apr 2016 #3

Nitram

(22,822 posts)

1. Last year the Washington Post did a complete study of police killings in the US.

Reply to matt819 (Original post)

Mon Apr 11, 2016, 02:43 PM

Apr 2016

In 2015, The Post documented 990 fatal shootings by police, 93 of which involved people who were unarmed.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/2015/12/26/a-year-of-reckoning-police-fatally-shoot-nearly-1000/

matt819

(10,749 posts)

2. I stand corrected

Reply to Nitram (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 11, 2016, 03:09 PM

Apr 2016

Thanks. I probably should have looked that up. Looks like the guardian is making this s regular thing, which when you think about it is sad.

Nitram

(22,822 posts)

3. And they just won a Pulitzer for the series.

Reply to matt819 (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 12:56 PM

Apr 2016

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/post-series-on-police-shootings-wins-pulitzer-prize-for-national-reporting/2016/04/18/a9eeeda2-055d-11e6-b283-e79d81c63c1b_story.html

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