The problem is harder to see in Canada because statscan only counts death by cop if they're criminally charged - when ya know it's their word vs a dead guy, and their partner will be an accomplice because the blue code of silence and pressure from every other officer.
In what? What the fuck are you (the guy in the tweet) even talking about?
Racial concerns are bolstered by data from sources such as the Washington Post police shootings database, which has kept track of police shootings in the United States since 2015. Between 2015 and 2019, U.S. police killed an average of nearly 1,000 people per year. African Americans made up only 13% of the total U.S. population, but accounted for a full 24% of the victims of police shootings. Conversely, whites made up roughly 60% of the population, but only 46% of the deaths from police shootings. The threat of police violence looms larger in some regions than others. Black persons in Oklahoma are six times more likely to be killed by police than those in Georgia. Additionally, eight of the 100 largest police departments in the United States—Reno, NV; Oklahoma City, OK; Santa Ana, CA; Anaheim, CA; St. Louis City, MO; Scottsdale, AZ; Hialeah, FL; and Madison, WI—kill black men at higher rates than the U.S. murder rate. On the other hand, many countries have an extremely low number of police killings. For example, police killings are virtually nonexistent in some European countries. Denmark, Iceland, and Switzerland have all reported zero police killings. Perhaps unsurprisingly, all three are among the top ten safest countries in the world. In fact, police in Iceland do not carry firearms—which may help explain why the 2013 police killing of a single civilian was the only such event the country has experienced in its entire history. Additionally, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, and Saint Lucia average one police killing in a year. Of these, Portugal and New Zealand are also considered to be among the ten safest countries in the world.
It's not an unavoidable problem. And Irving Waller proved that you can treat crime by improving society and providing opportunities.
AngelaDavisprovesthat incarceration doesn't do anything it claims to do. Doesn't deter crime, reduce recidivism or rehabilitate offenders. And again, compared to developed countries have all but eliminated prisons by not waging a war on drugs, actually training cops, and rehabilitating offenders. Nobody needs to die.
The problem is harder to see in Canada because statscan only counts death by cop if they're criminally charged - when ya know it's their word vs a dead guy, and their partner will be an accomplice because the blue code of silence and pressure from every other officer.
Come on Ham. The problem is so obvious if you just don't turn your head. The fbi even warned us in 2006 that white supremacists were infiltrating the police force and leadership.
Happy reading fam