Posted on 08/10/2015 7:25:13 AM PDT by bob_denard
A year ago today, a white police officer shot and killed a black teenager in a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, catalyzing a firestorm of protests and re-animating national conversations on issues of race, policing, and violence in the US.
Michael Brown's bleeding corpse was subsequently left facedown in the middle of the road for four hours on the afternoon on August 9, 2014 — exposed to the midday summer sun and eyes of residents, a few of whom snapped cellphone images that would eventually spread across social media, the nation, and the world. At Brown's funeral, two weeks later, the Reverend Al Sharpton remarked that the 19-year-old was left laying in Canfield drive like his "life… didn't matter" — an observation that protesters set out to disprove when they took to the streets en masse over several months to declare that Brown's and all "black lives matter."
The protests, die-ins, and marches proceeded throughout the winter and into what some have called a "Black Spring" — a new civil rights movement led by a by a social media-wielding youth contingent. Occasionally, as more incidences of police killings came to light, the actions broke out in violence in Ferguson and in Baltimore, where 25-year-old Freddie Gray's spine was crushed while in police custody in April.
Since then, the rallies for justice have not abated, and neither have the number of deaths at the hands of police. At least 1,083 Americans have been killed by cop since August 9, 2014, according to comprehensive research and data collected by VICE News — an average of nearly three people a day.
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Thanks Obama.
where 25-year-old Freddie Gray’s spine was crushed while in police custody in April.
why do people continue to repeat this NONSENSE....in the service of ANYTHING?
How many Americans (US) have been killed at the hands of other Americans (US) in the same time period in DemocRAT-controlled areas?
320 million citizens (actually 280 million citizens, 40 million illegals) and 1,000 interact with cops in such a ways as to invite their own deaths. Don’t tell me these are unjustified killings.
Yes, I'm sure VICE News is a real reliable source of data. /s
If you count the Chatanooga shooter and the theater shooters and other criminals, so?
Of course his body lay there, so that they might gather evidence. People think everything is like CSI and all problems solved in an hour. Average crime scene evaluation is 12 hours. Acting too quickly can cause the loss or tainting of crucial evidence that can exonerate or convict.
Stupid, ill informed piece. What about the 150-200 cops killed every year?
Hey, Liz! Al and Jesse are no more a Reverend that you are. Neither completed divinity school, has ever had a church, or has ever had a congregation. Al was “ordained” by a DC preacher at age 10 and has perpetuated the lie ever since. From Tawana Brawley to the Duke Five, both men make their pathetic livings by stirring the racial pot, never once caring about the truth in such matters. And when it is shown that they are wrong, they never once apologize for the grief and expense they have caused. Neither man deserves a spec in the time of History. Both should be condemned for the liars and agitators that they are.
I am calling BS on that number. Reality is probably closer to half that number.
Well it was broken while he was in police custody. The only unknown is how it happened.
They couldn't cover it up?
THREE people a day in a country of 330 Million Americans & about 50 million ILLEGAL INVADERS??????
THREE a day across 50 states???
With the amount of deliberate lawlessness we have seen a large rise in the unease of normal citizens. More criminals need to be apprehended...what ever way possible.
According to the DOJ, 85 percent of police shootings are deemed justified...
These are the ones deemed suspect and investigated so the 85 percent number is skewed.
In many instances it improves the country. Sad but true. If u arent smart enough to stay out of a death situation with police. No telling what they might have done to other people.
I don't see anyone talking about how those deaths were justified like they do with just about every police shooting.
That number is probably correct, since so far in 2015, 556 people have been killed by police. The number given in this article includes August-December of last year as well.
They don't keep statistics on that so nobody knows.
Horses—t!
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