Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Police in Utah kill more people than gang members do

Click here to access article by German Lopez from Vox.
There's not much reliable data on how often police kill civilians nationwide. As my colleague Dara Lind explained, the data collected by the FBI on police shootings should be treated as a minimum count, since it's voluntary and therefore incomplete. But the data does give a good idea of who is targeted by police — and there are some clear racial disparities.
I also recommend this article accurately entitled "Corporate-Fascist America: Former Philadelphia Police Captain Says Cops Are Mercenaries for Corporations".