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Ohio community holds vigil for 13-year-old shot dead by cops
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Ohio community holds vigil for 13-year-old shot dead by cops

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New info surfaces in San Francisco police shooting of #AlexNieto

“Police fired 48 bullets at Nieto, who died in minutes. The autopsy shows he was wounded 14 times; five of those bullets hit his head and torso at an angle that suggests they struck Nieto after he hit the ground.”

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#AlexNieto had just completed his Associates degree in criminology.
There was no evidence that he fired his tazer at the scene. None. A bystander said Nieto had his hands in his pockets.

 

#LatinosAreHuman
#DisarmThePolice
#SayHisName

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Police Dash-Cam ‘Malfunctions’ Point To Cover-Up In Shooting Of Laquan McDonald (age 17)

“When you’ve got a standup cop with nothing to hide, the dash-cam is his friend,” said Gregg Stutchman, who has specialized in video forensics in California for 23 years. “But for cops who aren’t quite as standup, it would make sense that they wouldn’t want things recorded.”

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#BLM

#SayHisName

#LaquanMcDonald

#BlackLivesMatter #LaquanMcDonald Tweets 12.1
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#BlackLivesMatter #LaquanMcDonald Tweets 12.1

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Why Do American Cops Kill More People Than in Other Countries?

Historic rates of fatal police shootings in Europe suggest that American police in 2014 were 18 times more lethal than Danish police and 100 times more lethal than Finnish police, plus they killed significantly more frequently than police in France, Sweden and other European countries.

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A U.S. cop spends almost 20 times as many hours’ training in using force than in conflict de-escalation.

 

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Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.newsweek.com

This article explains from many perspectives why the large disparity if civilians killed by police in the U.S. vs police in Europe.