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
GI Joe replaces Carl Winslow
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: He said groups like ANSWER are trying to hold officers accountable for abuse of power. “ [ Police brutality] has been an issue for a very long time,” Prysner said, explaining that in May, 13 people were killed in Southern California by police. As Mint Press News previously reported, each year there are thousands of claims of police misconduct. According to the CATO Institute’s National Police Misconduct Reporting Project, in 2010 there were 4,861 unique reports of police misconduct involving 6,613 sworn officers and 6,826 alleged victims. Most of those allegations of police brutality involved officers who punched or hit victims with batons, but about one-quarter of the reported cases involved firearms or stun guns. 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.”