Police violence is a public health issue

Police violence is a public health issue

New data on police violence in US cities.

New data on police violence in US cities.

4 people are killed by police each day, on average

Recent @RudermanFdn White Paper on #Media coverage of #police violence and #disability covered @NBCNews https://t.co/G553FawvTq @AriMelber

— Jay Ruderman(@JayRuderman) March 15, 2016

The Police Violence Report

The Police Violence Report

#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 12.28

#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 12.28

2015 Police Violence Report

Police killed at least 1,152 people in America from January 1st through December 15, 2015. Nearly a quarter of these killings, 249 in total, were committed by the police departments of America’s 60 largest cities, which police 17% of the U.S. population.

 

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Sourced through Scoop.it from: mappingpoliceviolence.org

3 Children Injured After Police Threw a Flashbang Grenade at them During Search for Drugs

In the search for an illegal substance, FBI agents nearly killed a child as they recklessly flashbanged a house with 3 children inside.

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Woman Says She Endured 8 Days In Psych Ward Because Cops Didn’t Believe BMW Was Hers

NEW YORK — Kamilah Brock says the New York City police sent her to a mental hospital for a hellish eight days, where she was forcefully injected with powerful drugs, essentially because they couldn’t believe a black woman owned a BMW. 


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2015 and the U.S. is still oppressing people

There are news reports of oppression in the U.S. every day, and not every incident is reported. I suspect that the majority of incidents are not reported.

#PoliceBrutality Tweets 9.2

#PoliceBrutality Tweets 9.2

VIDEO: Cops Illegally Enter Innocent Woman’s Home While She’s Naked, Assault and Arrest Her

“I felt helpless. I felt violated. And honestly, I felt molested,” says the completely innocent woman who was assaulted in her own home, while nude, by public servants.

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America. Land of the free? For who?