On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:19:54 -0800 (PST), chazwin
yahoo.com> wrote:
>On Nov 19, 9:22 pm, Malrassic Park
gmail.com> wrote:>> On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:36:10 -0800 (PST), chazwin
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yahoo.com> wrote:>>>- but then cops usually just shoot who they like instead.
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>> In other words, "whoever they feel like."
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>> Can you give an example of this?
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> 40 fatal shootings by police in Detroit in the past five years, 35
>officers were cleared of any wrongdoing, while four were charged with
>misdemeanors. Only one police officer was convicted and sentenced to
>jail. Meanwhile, the city has paid a total of $8.6 million since 1995
>to settle six lawsuits in which the police department cleared officers
>who shot citizens.
>
>from 2001 -And among six cities with complete data, Cincinnati was
>second only to Minneapolis in the total number of suspects shot.
>Minneapolis police shot 29 people since 1995, killing 12. Cincinnati
>police shot 22 people, 13 fatally. Two others died after being sprayed
>with chemical irritants during struggles with Cincinnati police. Most
>often those killed were white males, but black males made up a
>disproportionate number of the deaths.
Suicide by cop has become more popular in recent years. The last
such incident I read about, the perp pulled something out of his
jacket which turned out to be a hair brush and not a gun. In the heat
of the moment, the cops were justified in taking him out, and that was
obviously his desire. Lawsuits are awarded by anti-law enforcement
juries in big cities where everyday there is news about the latest cop
shooting.
Detroit MI and Camden NJ are listed as the two most dangerous cities
in America, and not because of the cops or not just because of them.
Cops simply go wherever there is crime occurring. Avoid those places,
and don't condemn all of America because of some bad examples. I
personally feel perfectly safe where I am living in America, it is a
low crime area, and so there aren't any cops around to speak of. But
in general it's not the traffic cops you should worry about, it's the
jack-booted, riot-control police you should worry about.
