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Health See other Health Articles Title: “Justifiable Homicides” by Police at Record High: Notes on Police Violence in America FBI data released over the past month reveals that so-called “justifiable homicides” reached a record high last year, while the number of officers killed in the line of duty fell to its lowest level in decades. According to the data, which appeared in a Monday article on theWashington Post web site, 461 American civilians were killed by on-the-job police officers in 2013, while 27 police officers were killed by civilians. The article notes the correlation between the record killings and the militarization of American police over the same period, “fueled by a glut of surplus military equipment heading home from Iraq and Afghanistan.” The FBI’s “justifiable homicide” figures increase steadily around 1998, the year after the start of the US Government’s Defense Logistics Agency’s 1033 program, which parcels out surplus military equipment to state and local police. The FBI figures for “justifiable homicide,” defined by the agency as “the killing of a felon by a law enforcement officer in the line of duty,” is widely acknowledged to be an undercount, according to thePost, because the methodology is not uniform from state to state. There are no comprehensive nationwide statistics on police brutality, despite the government being required to do so by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act passed in 1994. However, a Facebook page titled “Killed by Police,” which posts links to news stories on police killings, has counted more than 1,450 killings by police officers since its launch on May 1, 2013. Los Angeles police kill two more over replica weapon Sheriff’s deputies in Los Angeles gunned down Eduardo Bermundez, 26, and Ricardo Avelar-Lara, 57, early in the morning of Sunday, November 16, after Bermundez was alleged to have threatened someone with a handgun that later turned out to be a replica. This was at least the fourth police murder this year involving a person holding a toy or replica weapon. It follows the deaths of John Crawford III for carrying a pellet gun and Darrien Hunt for carrying a replica samurai sword. Only a week ago, police killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice on a Cleveland playground for carrying a toy pistol. An eyewitness claimed that at around 2:20 AM Bermundez and Avelar-Lara pulled up alongside his car in an East Los Angeles parking lot and pointed the “weapon,” a replica .45 caliber handgun, at him. The eyewitness tailed their car while calling 911, eventually flagging down a sheriff’s patrol vehicle. Deputies pulled the car over in a nearby apartment complex, where according to the police report Bermundez “started to pull a handgun out of his pants and point it in the direction of the deputies.” Police immediately opened fire, killing both Bermundez and Avelar-Lara, who was standing behind him. They were pronounced dead at the scene one minute later at 2:40 AM, twenty minutes from the first alleged incident. Bermundez had been at his 3 year-old nephew’s birthday party the previous afternoon not far from where he was murdered, according to relatives. “It’s just hard to imagine that from one day to another he’s gone,” Bermundez’s cousin told the local ABC affiliate. “He was always a happy guy.” NYPD beating of subway turnstile jumper captured on video A New York police officer was caught on video Thursday night beating a black youth in the head with his baton for attempting to enter a Brooklyn subway station without paying the $2.50 fare. The video shows the officer, who is also black, striking 20-year-old Donovan Lawson twice, first in the leg and then on the crown of his head, causing extensive bleeding. Striking a suspect in the head with a baton is against official NYPD policy. Lawson then stumbles through the station with the officer on his back before finally being pinned against a wall and handcuffed by four officers while his horrified girlfriend looks on. In the video Lawson’s forehead bleeds so profusely that his girlfriend is drenched in his blood by the time the officers are able to pull her away. The eyewitness who shot the video on his cell phone said that before the video began Lawson had been pepper-sprayed, which was confirmed by the police. Lawson, who had no criminal record prior to his arrest last week, was charged with fare beating, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and disrupting government administration. He later received treatment for cuts to his head at Woodhull Hospital. The officer was taken to Wyckoff Heights Hospital, where he was treated for injuries to his arm and hand. New Jersey cops kill schizophrenic man during welfare check Police in Phllipsburg, New Jersey killed Thomas Read, a 36-year old schizophrenic man, after his mother asked them to monitor him during an episode. Read was wielding a knife and “refused to comply with police orders,” according to the police. Read had run out of his medication due to problems with his medical insurance, according to his mother Anne Read. According to family friend Joel Andreano, who told the Express-Timesnewspaper, “He was talking about flaming swords and stuff,” when he called him on Thursday. “He obviously was delusional. I called [his mother back] back and told her, ‘No, I don’t think he’s doing good.’ She should call the police.” Police checked up on Read the following Friday without incident, according to Andreano, who toldThe Express-Times that Read seemed “calm, happy” when he met with him later that day. The following Monday, police conducted another welfare check at Reid’s apartment, after his neighbor expressed concerns about threatening letters and a knife stuck to Reid’s front door, according to Adreano. Police found Read in his house when they arrived, and talked to him through his window, according to footage shown to The Express-Times. Read hurled an “unknown object” through an opening in the window at police, who responded by breaking the window and unsuccessfully attempting to climb through to get at Read. Police entered the house through a back entrance, according to residents, who reported that they heard “four or five” gunshots. Andreano expressed his dismay at the police’s handling of the situation. “He needed help … He needed to get to the hospital because he didn’t have his medicine.” Reprinted with permission from Global Research. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 17.
#13. To: Ada, James Deffenbach, Jethro Tull (#0)
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The article notes the correlation between the record killings and the militarization of American police over the same period, “fueled by a glut of surplus military equipment heading home from Iraq and Afghanistan.” There are no comprehensive nationwide statistics on police brutality, despite the government being required to do so by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act passed in 1994. However, a Facebook page titled “Killed by Police,” which posts links to news stories on police killings, has counted more than 1,450 killings by police officers since its launch on May 1, 2013. I'm not a Statistician Math Major but it seems to me that the equation for an unskewed percentage of population Pie Chart would be far more complex than just dividing officialdom's body count numbering of 461 by the total population of Americans. I think these groups should be deducted from the calculation, even though they are being killed by the police too sometimes: children, seniors, females in general, all who are handicapped, Military personnel, Gov employees, the income brackets of millionaires and above. There are probably others too but that'll do for now as an example figure of the population remainder. A more realistic depiction of the actual targeted group then emerges as what's called "Military Aged Males" in Police State-speak, regardless of race. Divide the archived 1,450 reported killings by police officers since May 1, 2013 by that group's number and what's the percentage that way? Most likely quite a lot higher than the miniscule fraction that was initially computed. Edited first and next to last sentences.
It is very helpful in clearing away the bias attached by those intent on shading, molding and or DENYING THE TRUTH. A STATISTICAL TRUTH...Case in point, the last presidential election. Black votes INCREASED in number for Obama over the previous election. Obama received TEN MILLION FEWER VOTES in the second election. Basic math says beyond a doubt that TEN MILLION WHITE VOTERS, declined to vote for Obama in the second election. One does NOT have to be a math major to deduce the truth that lies in front of them.
Black votes INCREASED in number for Obama over the previous election. Obama received TEN MILLION FEWER VOTES in the second election. Basic math says beyond a doubt that TEN MILLION WHITE VOTERS, declined to vote for Obama in the second election. Basic math says ten million wasn't enough, whoever they were, because he's still at the White Hut, as it's been so aptly called lately. If we had properly run elections here, I'd say there's a slight chance that ten million illegal aliens, the deceased and multiple-voting frauds were disqualified from the counts. I'd like to say that those ten million votes went to Ron Paul but I don't think he got nearly that many. The various Third Parties got the bulk of votes other than Romney and Obama.
That result was apparent to anyone, no math needed. The statistics surrounding the election need unraveling, need conclusions drawn that math does not tell you but proves to be the truth. For instance, ten million white voters declined to vote for Obama the second time, that is readily apparent. Those same white voters that put him in office could not bring themselves to rectify their poor original choice. All of this and many other conclusions are based on statistical math.
Despite this statistic coming from a web blog, what percentage of this 461 number do you think had a arrest record? And yes, I realize the left-wing loons have told us for decades to disregard such matters, but still, most sane people recognize that the best predictor of future behavior is past conduct. I'd guess in the high 70% range, with those without a record being exceptionally fast runners.
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