Fatal Shootings of Police are Up, and it’s White Men Pulling the Trigger

Seven out of eight officers killed this year had been killed by white men.

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A military honor guard stands by the casket of 33-year-old slain police officer Jason Moszer during his funeral services Monday, Feb. 22, 2016, at Scheels Arena in Fargo. Moszer was shot and killed Feb. 11 while responding to a domestic disturbance.

Fatal shootings of police are up in 2016, and the culprits are overwhelmingly white men. The facts behind these tragic killings stand in sharp contrast to the claims of some police and right-wing political pundits that have tried to attribute the deaths of officers to the Black Lives Matter movement or the music of pop star Beyoncé. Of 35

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2015: The Year Police Killings In America Were Counted

Heightened visibility alone, however, has not effectively ended such slayings or brought justice to victims.

Sarah Lazare
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Police Shooting Missouri

The Black Lives Matter movement that swept the country in 2015 has—among other accomplishments—forced global media outlets to afford victims of police killings the most basic acknowledgement: a public record of their names and deaths. Such a grim tally was maintained this year by both the Guardian and the Washington Post, following the

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Over 1,000 People Killed By Police Since The Beginning Of 2015

Just 34 police officers have been shot during the same time period, and one criminal justice blogger called 2015 “the second safest year for police ever.”

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Police have killed over 1,000 people in 2015, and about 20 percent of those killed were completely unarmed. As of Monday evening, U.S. police had killed 1,024 people since the start of the year, according to The Counted, a continuously updated database of U.S. police killings maintained by The Guardian. Of the total, 203 victims of police were

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Number Of People Killed By Police This Year Surpasses 1,000

The growth of police violence, like the attack on democratic rights more broadly, expresses the fact that under conditions of ever-greater social inequality, the financial elite that dominates American society responds to mounting opposition and unrest by systematically building up its police force and arming it to the teeth.

World Socialist Web Site
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Police holding baton

The number of people killed by police officers in the United States topped 1,000 Monday, as the reign of police violence and terror in the United States continues unabated. As of Wednesday evening, 1,006 people had been killed by US police forces since the beginning of the year, according to killedbypolice.net, an aggregator of local news

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Quentin Tarantino Blasts Police Killings As Nationwide Police State Protest Kicks Off

Academy Award-winning film director Quentin Tarantino took to the stage during the rally to read the names and stories of numerous victims killed by police. Tarantino honored 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was killed by Cleveland police for holding a BB gun.

Jay Syrmopoulos
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New York, NY – Thursday morning hundreds of people gathered in Times Square to launch a three-day nationwide protest dubbed #RiseUpOctober. Families of victims of police killings, as well as activists, intellectuals, and celebrities, came together to kick-off the protest movement with a “Say Their Name” rally. The gathering was held to

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Nevada Prison Guards Under Fire For Killing Handcuffed Prisoner, Discharging Guns Over 200 Times In 5 Years

“The shooting of a handcuffed inmate obviously raises red flags,” said Segerblom, D-Las Vegas, who said he’s troubled by accounts of previously unreported prison shootings.

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High Desert State Prison

High Desert State Prison in Nevada. Lawsuits and data point to multiple cases of guards firing shotguns at inmates at a Nevada state prison where a handcuffed prisoner was killed by a corrections officer trainee last November. Federal lawsuits have been filed in Las Vegas by at least three of six inmates who say they were wounded by

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