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Crowdsourcing US Police Brutality
In the wake of the violent protests that left Baltimore in ashes at the end of April, US race relations and police misconduct are now the subject of intense debate in America.
One theory — dubbed the “Ferguson Effect” — claims police are now reluctant to engage in “discretionary enforcement” for fear of prosecution. “Discretionary enforcement” of course refers to the use of lethal force in the line of duty and the implication seems to be that in light of recent events, law enforcement officers are afraid that their actions will be scrutinized by the public. In extreme cases, such scrutiny could culminate in social unrest, something no one individual wishes to be blamed for.
Casting doubt on the so-called Ferguson Effect is a report from The Washington Post which shows that US police are shooting and killing “suspects” at twice the rate seen in the past. More specifically, 385 people have been killed by police in 2015 alone. Unsurprisingly, minority groups are overrepresented in cases involving the fatal shooting of unarmed suspects.
In a testament to how other developed countries view US policing, The Guardian is now crowdsourcing the number of people killed by police in the US and tracking it in real-time.
The effort, which The Guardian is calling “The Counted”, has state-by-state breakdowns, names, per capita ranking, and pictures of the victims.
We'll leave it to readers to determine what it says about police accountability in America when other countries feel compelled to put a face and a name to hundreds of people whose deaths, if left in the hands of the US government, might have gone unnoticed or worse, undocumented.
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About the project (via The Guardian):
The Counted is a project by the Guardian – and you – working to count the number of people killed by police and other law enforcement agencies in the United States throughout 2015, to monitor their demographics and to tell the stories of how they died.
The database will combine Guardian reporting with verified crowdsourced information to build a more comprehensive record of such fatalities. The Counted is the most thorough public accounting for deadly use of force in the US, but it will operate as an imperfect work in progress – and will be updated by Guardian reporters and interactive journalists as frequently and as promptly as possible.
Why is this necessary?
The US government has no comprehensive record of the number of people killed by law enforcement. This lack of basic data has been glaring amid the protests, riots and worldwide debate set in motion by the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old, in Ferguson, Missouri, in August 2014.
Before stepping down as US attorney general earlier this year, Eric Holder described the prevailing situation on data collection as “unacceptable”.
The Guardian agrees with those analysts, campaign groups, activists and authorities who argue that such accounting is a prerequisite for an informed public discussion about the use of force by police.
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Kill or Be Killed ?
I wonder what % of the killed never filed an income tax return? Not that it makes killing them ok, but it would be interesting to see.
Waco TX Biker Massacre: Classic False Flag Operation & Government-Run Inside Job
Innocent Bikers Slaughtered by Police & ATFIt's a well established FACT that LEOs and FEDs are covertly opperating in biker gangs.
F0ster, Correct, and here is one link to a report.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2085684-omgs-july-2014-redacted....
So is that like extra-judicial execution? Sort of like vigilantism, by the government? That's opening up a nasty can of worms.
31 "Unknown". Perisans, Albanians or Martians?
3 "Others" = Dog
Great idea. True to the name Guardian. Will they include bankers in the list. I hope not.
Could you rewrite this and redo the stats to make black people the biggest victims? Gotta follow the narrative you know.
If that's the case, I want to know how many of the killings were by white and how any by black cops.
At last liberty is catching up to the despots' methods.
The same way, social media applications should catch up and mark the sociopaths in charge.
As a startt, a voting system could be developed to filter out the most repulsives.
Social Media has been doing the government's job for a while here, the Guardian is the first to make it more "user friendly" and put something more than a "fringe blog" name behind the data.
http://killedbypolice.net/
http://www.fatalencounters.org/
But if the people are going to do the State's job, the BJS at DOJ should be forced to refund some of its budget allotment back to the people.
How about a "The Counted" site for people killed by illegals?
How about a "The Counted" site for victms of Black on White Violence?
Here is the kind of HELL ON EARTH the police deal with on a daily basis. I don't think I have even seen a horror movie this intense: http://dfw.cbslocal.com/video/11563649-pd-family-beat-teen-until-miscarr...I saw the video in the link. Where exactly is a police officer threatened in that whole story?
Also this "counted" site is collecting ALL victims of police violence REGARDLESS of race. Its about police brutality, so why turn it into a divisive debate?
Um I dunno. How about including the FED's in the counting? FBI, CI-fucking-A, Homoland Security, Fucking TSA racking, literally racking your fucking balls because you want to fly on a plane?
FUCK YOU!
The article is reporting on a facet of regular LEO operations on a state, county or municipal level. It most likely fails to include any similar outcomes from federal policing activities, although nowadays the lines are blurring because the feds are becoming very proactive in enlisting the local cops in their operations or at least participating more (mission creep?). The point is well taken, however. Why not make a similar site for all kinds of fed policing/agent/investigatory operations as well? I would be a bit circumspect about the quality of the data they would provide and much would likely have the curtain of " national security" drawn over it and escape disclosure.
Yeah somehow police in EVERY OTHER COUNTRY ON THE PLANET manage... oh the horrors of America though! Give the cops sub machine guns! Gun down those hordes of illegals and blacks! /s
This is a confused article.
There is and was no dispute that US police kill people at a much higher rate than other western countries.
The "Ferguson" or "Baltimore" effect refers to the deterrence of any effective policing in heavily black populated areas, particularly under a Democrat administration (essentially same thing). Police are still allowed to shoot white people and arrest them in their hundreds - see Waco.
And how about some stats on the number of whites regularly raped, murdered and beaten by blacks.
Exactly, it is about police brutality period. Here your dumbass is bringing up race. Straight up Al Sharpton move.
Hes not making a race thing. He just loves the police state and doesnt understand why the pigs cant kill anyone they like.
This is why the fakes in DC want your guns, they don't want you retaliating against the supreme police state. Never ever give up your guns, ever.
Most cops would like everyone to carry guns and take care of their own problems. You should get yourself a body camera.
You better tell that to that association of police chiefs that keep getting trotted out to blame our violent society on sheeple..oops civilian ready access to firearms.
Good for the Guardian. Someone needs to be tallying the death toll and letting Americans know you're 10x more likely to be killed by a cop than by a terrorist.
Why wouldn't a person who was wrongfully executed by a fascist, jack-booted thug want to be a martyr for the insurrection against the tyranny that has become so prevalent in USSA society?
"...such scrutiny could culminate in social unrest, something no one individual wishes to be blamed for."
If a low-IQ, nazi jack-boot POS shoots me as I reach for my credentials, I would absolutely WANT people to rise up and defend my Right to be secure in my persons, papers, and effects.
The Revolution has to begin somewhere.
It's a joke if anyone thinks that the police care. It's business as usual until they retire. Kinda like a teacher, only worse.
Everyday they check the calendar to see how close they are to retirement. Let the Union deal with the BS. Just as long as they get paid.
I'm going to get a sex change to an Asian female. Seems like a safe move. Call me Lan.
Damn Seasmoke, a couple days ago you said "twice in one week" you found Ms Jenner kinda hot, wondered if it made you gay. Now this?
Starting to sound like you may be a bit "confused".
if you're going to call one group "overrepresented" i certainly would not choose blacks..........looks to me like men are overrepresented..........IF you want to spin it, then do it right.
Let me fix it for you Coletrane: White Men
Look what happens when you outsource police training to the zionists.
The AFAB* biz model goes back centuries, even millennia.
Beloved by all Tyrants and Feudal Lords and Kings.
*Anything For A Buck
Adjusted for inflation its more like they will sell out for a nickle.
Exhibit A. Congress.
At least back then you might have gotten 30 pieces of silver for fingering a perp.
You can bet your sweet ass the feds have the #s of civilians killed by police - they're just not going to release it. Remember, it's the government we're talking about - they keep statistics on EVERYTHING.
Nope. That is not what "discretionary enforcement" means. An example of discretionary enforcement is an officer witnessing a guy pissing on a storefront and looking the other way and driving on or an officer witnessing some dudes driving 15-over through a school zone and letting it go; rather than making the stop and having it all turn to shit. Police work is the most misunderstood and misrepresented occupation. Also, unless they are wearing the letters "MP" on their shoulder, they are civilians.
Misunderstood is really an under statement. Most of these "folks" here on ZH need to go out and ride with their police - many will not have the balls. You would see what a shit hole your community really is and you will wonder why the hell more dickheads are not shot on the spot.... black or white. It is not like your reality TV.......
Boo fucking hoo.
If they don't like it they can quit.
Q: What does popo's jock smell like?
A: Ask Levervaged Algorithm
Leveraged Algorithm, Have you spent anytime in the military? How many ex-military do you think are out there? A shit load! Our police force is a joke. Wannabe Marines, just could not cut it. Biggest pieces of laziness I ever saw. Most are out of shape, over paid, under worked, and complain the most. The kind of people that go crying to their mommy. Nuff said!
Your police force should be a joke - all police are a reflection of the poeple they serve. Yes - on the military. Sad part is they spend much time around our base going on suicide calls for guys like you that still don't have a life.
Do they really lack a life or could they have finally realized that they are enabling misery and evil around the world and are merely legionaries for the elitists? I think General Smedley Butler had a few cogent thoughts on the matter. Don't enable evil!
*insert anonymous, unoriginal internet toughguy comment here*
blah blah blah. the reality of it is that when your fat wife wakes you up at 3am and says 'honey,I think I heard someone downstairs you lock her, your 2 ugly kids, and your bitch ass in the bathroom and call 911. then the men show up and tell you when it's safe to come on down.
people crack me up with their 'fuck the police' shit. next time you need help call a plumber. believe it or not it's the very existence of law enforcement that even allows you to sit and post shit on here - cuz if it weren't for threat of arrest someone who is a genuine toughguy would have jacked all your shit a long time ago. including your fat wife.
The police will be very very late to the shit storm. Police get a paper cut they need a titnitis shot. Go on workers comp for a month and have physical therapy for their boo-boo. Blah, blah, blah.
You crack me up for even trying to defend the police and the crimes they comit every day. Not to mention how they love to harass everyone that isn't a government employee.
Actually they even harass other gummint workers with a non-LEO mission. I recall seeing a YouTube of a first responder medic who got clotheslined by a cop against his ambulance for trying to treat an injured suspect(victim-?).
Only a fool would dial 911 today.
You better wake up and smell the real flavor
Cause 911 is a fake life saver
Fuck You and the police.
The fact you think that 'law enforcement' has anything to do with my being able to sit in the house I bought, drive the truck I bought, to work 70 hours a week to pay for this fucked up police state tells me just how dilusional you really are.
It's a voluntary position taken by poeple I really have no respect for as a whole, as most of the job now involves stealing money from hard working people for bullshit infractions in the name of 'law enforcement'.
It's just unbelievable to me someone thinks I need a police type at my house to help me with anything.
Trust me on this, I'll need a plumber or an electrician of a skilled variety long before I need any 'law enforcement' anywhere near my property, hard as that may be to believe.
There are still self sufficient people in America that require no hand holding to exist and survive.
Maybe if you said peace keeper I'd be on your side, but enforcing malum prohibum laws that have no effect on others or society in general just makes no sense at all to me, especially when local Andy Griffith types need a fucking MRAP to keep some folks in a park from going out of control on the Fourth of July.
America is now a police state , stasi like & inhuman .
No different than 3rd world
Steroids plain and simple.
Unnecessary taxpayer funded prescription steroids in many cases.