In coding the data from The Guardian interactive website, I included all 19 people they classified as unarmed and killed by police including
- a death in custody involving corrections officers,
- a drunk driver drove into the police car while turning left, and
- an off duty police officer getting into a fatal fight with a neighbour.
Unarmed people should not charge at armed police, struggle for their guns, or refuse to comply when threatened with a Taser, especially if poor of health or have a weak heart.
In the only two cases of police malfeasance – three corrections officer beating a prisoner to death or a trigger-happy police officer – charges have been laid or the officer dismissed pending further investigation. The man shot while fleeing police was a murder suspect.
War on Police? Or one of the safest years in law enforcement since 1887? @Mark_J_Perry goo.gl/qNQ2lO http://t.co/2zPjZmG2fQ—
AEIdeas Blog (@AEIdeas) September 09, 2015
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