Title: US Police Have Killed Over 5,000 Civilians Since 9/11
Headings: US Police Have Killed Over 5,000 Civilians Since 9/11
US Police Have Killed Over 5,000 Civilians Since 9/11
Statistically speaking, Americans should be more fearful of the local cops than “terrorists.”
November 06th, 2013
Members of a police anti-terrorism team exercise on Thursday, March 13, 2003. Photo: Thanassis Stavrakis/AP
Racist policing
Police arrest a man as they disperse a protest against the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.
A culture of misconduct
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A police officer moves onto the campus of Central Connecticut State University, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013, in New Britain, Conn. Photo: Jessica Hill/AP
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Content: Racist policing
Police arrest a man as they disperse a protest against the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.
A big element in the police killings, Prysner says, is racism. “ A big majority of those killed are Latinos and Black people,” while the police officers are mostly White, he said. “ It’s a badge of honor to shoot gang members so [the police] go out and shoot people who look like gang members,” Prysner argued, giving the example of 34-year-old Rigoberto Arceo, who was killed by police on May 11. According to a report from the Los Angeles Times, Arceo, who was a biomedical technician at St. Francis Medical Center, was shot and killed after getting out of his sister’s van. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says Arceo “advanced on the deputy and attempted to take the deputy’s gun.” However, Arceo’s sister and 53-year-old Armando Garcia — who was barbecuing in his yard when the incident happened — say that Arceo had his hands above his head the entire time. Prysner is not alone in his assertion that race is a major factor in officer-related violence. This past May, a study from the the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, an anti-racist activist organization, found that police officers, security guards or self-appointed vigilantes killed at least 313 Black people in 2012 — meaning one Black person was killed in the U.S. by law enforcement roughly every 28 hours. Prysner said the relationship between police departments and community members needs to change and that when police shoot an unarmed person with their arms in the air over their head, the officer should be punished. A culture of misconduct
Some police officers turn their backs as Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during the funeral of New York Police Department Officer Wenjian Liu at Aievoli Funeral Home, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.