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27 unarmed whites killed by police since 1 January 2015 by threat level
21 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
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I did some recoding again because the Washington Post categorises people as not attacking when they are reaching inside their jacket or a car when challenged not to do so or charging armed police. The Washington Post counted 13 whites as no attack in progress. I count six. The three killed in crossfire were a six-year-old, a woman shot when police were aiming at her dog, and a passenger in a fleeing car.
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30 unarmed Blacks killed by police by threat level since 1 January 2015
20 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
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Before I go to the coding errors by the Washington Post, two were killed by a police stray bullets so there is no intention to kill that person no matter what their race might be. One of the 30 was killed by a 74-year-old sheriff’s reserve deputy who fumbled his weapons while trying to subdue the deceased who was on the ground fighting with other officers. That was a tragic accident. There was no police intention to kill despite the negligence. Perhaps the correct number is 27.
Source: Investigation: Police shootings – Washington Post.
12 of the 30 deceased were attacking police according to the coding of the Washington Post. When you read the details of the 13 classified as no attack in progress, seven must be reclassified. A threat level makes no sense if you’re accidentally killed by police stray bullet as just mentioned.
One of the deceased got out of his car then reached inside despite police commands not to do so, but was still classified as no attack in progress. He was shot because the police thought he was going for a gun.
Three of the deceased were mentally ill, of which two are charging the police with the weapon of some sort and another look like he had a weapon. They were attacking police which is contrary to the coding of the Washington Post that they weren’t.
Another of the deceased was shot struggling with the policeman who got into the car which he then drove off in at speed. The car later crashed after the shooting.
Then we’re back to the 74-year-old sheriff’s reserve deputy who fired his gun instead of the Taser as mentioned before. That shooting too was classified as no attack in progress despite the fact the deceased was struggling with officers. The sheriff’s deputy was trying to use his Taser to subdue the man resisting arrest violently. Not sure how a policeman can confuse a gun with the Taser but it was a high stress situation of a suspect who was struggling with police.
All in all, at most 10 of the unarmed blacks deliberately shot in America this year by police were not attacking at the time.
The Guardian argues that 1013 were killed by police this year in the USA. The Washington Post puts this number at 871 as of today. Either way, about 1% of these deaths were of an unarmed black who was not attacking police. Of that 10 who were shot, a number will turn out to be justifiable shootings. A few of these police shootings will not be justified and will result in criminal prosecutions.
Police officers who shoot an unarmed suspect at a safe distance are highly likely to be charged as I have previously argued. The Washington Post confirmed that with its investigator journalism finding that only 5% of the police shootings it reviewed for 2015 were suspicious in terms of police misconduct.
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@amyadamsMP Justice Michael Kirby on the battered woman’s defence
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JFK assassination conspiracy theories are still going strong, unfortunately
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218 Blacks killed by police since 1 January 2015 by threat level
19 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
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Surprisingly few Blacks killed by police this year in the USA were simply unarmed – at least 13 but no more than 20 or so. Nearly all of the rest were attacking or carrying a deadly weapon.
Deaths by police taser by race since 1 January 2015
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Political realignments in America in the 20th century
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Were @BernieSanders @jeremycorbyn watching the other channel when the Berlin Wall fell?
18 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
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3rd-quarter fundraising results for the Republican primaries
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You’ll notice that Carly Fiorina is now raising more money than Marco Rubio. Ben Carson raises a lot of money as does Jeb Bush, but not Donald Trump. I’m still tipping Carly Fiorina and Marco Rubio to be the Republican ticket.
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