US police kill more than two people a day
By Patrick Martin
1 June 2015
US police shot and killed nearly 400 people during the first five months of this year, according to a front-page report published Sunday by the Washington Post. The death rate from police violence against the people they allegedly “serve and protect” amounts to 2.6 per day, or about one person every nine hours. At that rate, American police will shoot to death nearly 1,000 people this year.One story, then another
Two sheriff’s deputies have now changed their story about what happened to a man who tried to visit his brother in a Los Angeles County jail. The man claimed he was handcuffed and beaten. Under plea agreements, two deputies admitted the man was punched, kicked and pepper-sprayed, even though he was not resisting. “This case is striking as expectations of solidarity run deep among law enforcement officers.” Los Angeles Times
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