For sure, a bevy of camera chasers and media hoes will descend on my good buddy Barman's former home region north of that Dallas, TX and they will likely stimulate hours and hours of Hot Political Debate on those various cable news channels watched by less than 2% of Americans (+ the approx 26 people who regularly visit the RxForum Poly room)
But the most important outcome has already been settled. The former officer who feared for his life from a collection of 90 lb teenage girls yelling at him has resigned in disgrace. I think we can all agree that's a Very Happy Ending
But the most important outcome has already been settled. The former officer who feared for his life from a collection of 90 lb teenage girls yelling at him has resigned in disgrace. I think we can all agree that's a Very Happy Ending
[h=1]The Counted: number of people killed by police this year reaches 500[/h]
The number of people killed by police in the United States during 2015 reached 500 on Wednesday, according to a Guardian investigation, after two young black men were shot dead in New York City and Cincinnati.
Isiah Hampton, 19, was fatally shot by New York police department officers at an apartment building in the Bronx on Wednesday morning, according to police chiefs. His death followed that of Quandavier Hicks, 22, during a confrontation with Cincinnati officers at a house on Tuesday night.
Their names were added to The Counted, a project by the Guardian to report andcrowd-source names and a series of other data on every death caused by law enforcement in the US this year.
The federal government does not currently keep a comprehensive record of people killed by police. Instead the FBI runs a voluntary program to submit numbers of “justified homicides”.
The updated findings on fatalities so far this year means that the total is on track to exceed 1,000 by the end of 2015 – and that people are being killed by officers at more than twice the rate most recently detected by the much-criticised FBI system, which recorded 461 killed in 2013.
While the number of African Americans killed by police so far in 2015 has been disproportionately high, both white and Hispanic/Latino Americans now make up proportions of those killed that are smaller than their shares of the general US public.
Among the first 500 deaths, 49.6% of people were white, 28.2% were black and 14.8% were Hispanic/Latino. According to the 2013 census, the US population is 62.6% white, 13.2% black and 17.1% Hispanic/Latino.
Hampton on Wednesday allegedly confronted officers who had arrived at a Bronx apartment building in response to a 911 call reporting a man with a gun, according to authorities. The NYPD said Hampton, who was identified by several New York media outlets, had shot and pistol-whipped the mother of his two-year-old child during a domestic dispute.
“The female was able to pull away from the male,” James O’Neill, the NYPD’s chief of department, said in a statement. “The male was still pointing the gun at the officers, and a sergeant and one officer fired multiple rounds at the male.”
A night earlier, Hicks allegedly confronted four Cincinnati police officers with a rifle as they knocked on doors to investigate a call alleging he had been menacing. Witnesses, however, complained that police kicked in the door to the building where they found Hicks.
More than one in every five people killed so far in 2015 – 108, or 21.6% – were unarmed. A significant disparity in the proportion of black and white people killed who were unarmed, which was reported last week by the Guardian, has since narrowed slightly. While 30.5% of white people killed were unarmed, 16.1% of black people killed had no weapon.
Men comprised 95.2% of the first 500 people killed, while 4.8% were women. There are slightly more women than men among the general population.
Christie Cathers, a 45-year-old West Virginia woman, is the only woman to have been killed by police since the launch of The Counted last week. Cathers was shot by Monongalia County deputies while shooting at them during a vehicle chase, according to authorities. She allegedly tried to strike a deputy with her vehicle when officials responded to a complaint of a woman brandishing a knife.
The number of people killed by police in the United States during 2015 reached 500 on Wednesday, according to a Guardian investigation, after two young black men were shot dead in New York City and Cincinnati.
Isiah Hampton, 19, was fatally shot by New York police department officers at an apartment building in the Bronx on Wednesday morning, according to police chiefs. His death followed that of Quandavier Hicks, 22, during a confrontation with Cincinnati officers at a house on Tuesday night.
Their names were added to The Counted, a project by the Guardian to report andcrowd-source names and a series of other data on every death caused by law enforcement in the US this year.
The federal government does not currently keep a comprehensive record of people killed by police. Instead the FBI runs a voluntary program to submit numbers of “justified homicides”.
The updated findings on fatalities so far this year means that the total is on track to exceed 1,000 by the end of 2015 – and that people are being killed by officers at more than twice the rate most recently detected by the much-criticised FBI system, which recorded 461 killed in 2013.
While the number of African Americans killed by police so far in 2015 has been disproportionately high, both white and Hispanic/Latino Americans now make up proportions of those killed that are smaller than their shares of the general US public.
Among the first 500 deaths, 49.6% of people were white, 28.2% were black and 14.8% were Hispanic/Latino. According to the 2013 census, the US population is 62.6% white, 13.2% black and 17.1% Hispanic/Latino.
Hampton on Wednesday allegedly confronted officers who had arrived at a Bronx apartment building in response to a 911 call reporting a man with a gun, according to authorities. The NYPD said Hampton, who was identified by several New York media outlets, had shot and pistol-whipped the mother of his two-year-old child during a domestic dispute.
“The female was able to pull away from the male,” James O’Neill, the NYPD’s chief of department, said in a statement. “The male was still pointing the gun at the officers, and a sergeant and one officer fired multiple rounds at the male.”
A night earlier, Hicks allegedly confronted four Cincinnati police officers with a rifle as they knocked on doors to investigate a call alleging he had been menacing. Witnesses, however, complained that police kicked in the door to the building where they found Hicks.
More than one in every five people killed so far in 2015 – 108, or 21.6% – were unarmed. A significant disparity in the proportion of black and white people killed who were unarmed, which was reported last week by the Guardian, has since narrowed slightly. While 30.5% of white people killed were unarmed, 16.1% of black people killed had no weapon.
Men comprised 95.2% of the first 500 people killed, while 4.8% were women. There are slightly more women than men among the general population.
Christie Cathers, a 45-year-old West Virginia woman, is the only woman to have been killed by police since the launch of The Counted last week. Cathers was shot by Monongalia County deputies while shooting at them during a vehicle chase, according to authorities. She allegedly tried to strike a deputy with her vehicle when officials responded to a complaint of a woman brandishing a knife.
Any person that watched that video knows very well he did not tackle or wrestle her to the ground. You are the only person saying that. I don't know what you're watching. I'm not saying he acted appropriately throughout the entire ordeal but he didn't hit her, tackle her or wrestle her.
He didn't run after her and jump on her - that's a tackle.
He didn't roll on the ground with her - that's wrestling.
He didn't strike her - that's hitting.
He didn't do any of those three things. It's right there on the tape.
Yes, it is. And Anyone Rational acknowledges it. He absolutely wrestled her to the ground. Various headlines: Just a small sample.
[h=1]Texas police officer who wrestled black teenage girl to ground at pool party resigns: attorney[/h]
[h=1]Video: Texas cop wrestles teen girl to the ground, pulls gun on others[/h]
[h=1]Texas police officer who wrestled teen girl to ground resigns, has Indiana connections[/h]
[h=1]Cop Filmed Wrestling a
Young Teenage Girl To
the Ground Before
Pulling His Gun on
Unarmed Teens[/h]
[h=1]Police officer wrestles bikini-clad teen girl to the ground[/h]
[h=1]Video: McKinney, TX cop wrestles 15 year old girl to the ground[/h]
Yes, it is, and that's what I and the media have done. Only you refuse to acknowledge the obvious. The Out of Control Officer wrestled the little girl to the ground, kneed her in the back, and sat on her. EVERYONE rational sees that and acknowledges it. Why you can't is beyond me.
