Police shooting reporting needs to be a thing. Now.

By Jason Nungesser July 22, 2015

Police shooting reporting needs to be a thing. Now.

Originally shared by Wes Forster

The juxtaposition against number of officers killed is interesting.

Line of Duty Deaths: 67

That's 9 to 1, civilians vs line of duty.

Check out this link.

https://www.odmp.org/search/year?year=2015
http://mic.com/articles/122161/one-map-shows-all-the-people-police-have-killed-in-each-state-so-far-this-year

Comments

Terence Reale said…

Insane.

July 22, 2015 at 2:06 PM

Shannon Ware said…

Since as between 10%[1] and 15%[2] of all US homicides are by police, there is a reason it is not reported.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_killings_by_law_enforcement_officers_in_the_United_States

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate

July 22, 2015 at 3:01 PM

Jason ON said…

So, in the first six months of this year, a little over 600 people have died at the hands of a government representatives. In a Republic, you don't think that's an issue, Shannon Ware?

July 22, 2015 at 3:19 PM

Shannon Ware said…

Jason ON I do. And I know that the Attorney General mandated that local police report civilian homicides in 1994, and still they do not. Coupled with the general militarization of America local police forces, I think this is going to get worse before it gets better.

July 22, 2015 at 3:36 PM

Anthony DiRuggiero said…

This would be better if it was adjusted per capita

July 22, 2015 at 6:20 PM

Jason ON said…

Why per capita? It's the number of people killed by police, not the percentage of people killed by police.

July 22, 2015 at 8:24 PM