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lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
Thu Jul 7, 2016, 04:15 PM Jul 2016

More unjustified killings at the hands of police.

We need serious criminal justice reform. It is urgent. Locally, statewide and at the federal level. Keep talking about it. Keep being involved locally. There are so many of these incidents that it's difficult to even keep track of them. Here's an article from today's BBC News:

Philando Castile death: Aftermath of police shooting streamed live

A black man has been shot dead by police in the US state of Minnesota as protests continued over the police killing of a black man in Louisiana. Philando Castile's girlfriend live-streamed the St Paul incident's aftermath, showing him covered in blood as an officer pointed his gun at him. He was shot as he reached for his driving licence, she said.

It follows the death of Alton Sterling, who was shot dead by police during an incident in Baton Rouge on Tuesday. Hundreds of people have protested for two nights over Mr Sterling's killing. The deaths follow a long line of high-profile incidents involving African-Americans dying at the hands of the police, igniting a national debate about the use of lethal force.

As news of the latest shooting spread, about 200 people protested outside the St Paul home of Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton, who later requested a federal investigation into the shooting. In a statement on Facebook, President Barack Obama said all Americans "should be deeply troubled" by the two fatal shootings. He said it was clear that they were not isolated incidents but "symptomatic of the broader challenges within our criminal justice system".

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36732908

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More unjustified killings at the hands of police. (Original Post) lovemydog Jul 2016 OP
I condemn unnecessary and unprovoked killing everywhere. lovemydog Jul 2016 #1

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
1. I condemn unnecessary and unprovoked killing everywhere.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 01:15 AM
Jul 2016

Including the killings of four police officers in Dallas. I posted this at 4:15 pm this afternoon, it's now 1:15 am the next day.

There's at least a dozen new threads about the Dallas shooting. Hundreds of responses. No one has yet replied to this thread.

Black lives matter. Regardless of whatever stories get the most attention on television news.

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