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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe day after George Floyd died, cops killed 9 people. More than 49 people in 2 weeks.
Last edited Wed Jun 10, 2020, 04:58 PM - Edit history (5)
Tremendous media attention is on George Floyd but theyve only briefly discussed the deaths of Dion Johnson (sleeping in a parked car), Brionna Taylor (no knock warrant), David McAtee (cooking barbecue in a crowd).
But theres also 22 year old Sean Monterrosa (on his knees with hands up), unnamed person (did not lower his high beams), 24 year old Kamal Flowers (rider in a car with traffic infractions who was shot while running away from cops in an unmarked car with no dash cam and no body cameras). An unnamed person in Watertown Wisconsin (on edit: Thomas Sutherlin, age 42) with a broken taillight (and allegedly, a gun). A 61 year old real estate agent and resident of Ponte Vedra had a single car accident, and the cop that stopped to check on him ended up killing him for unclear reasons. Modesto Reyes in Louisiana who had an unnamed traffic violation (and allegedly, a gun, or a cellphone in his hands, depending on who you believe). A foreigner from Gambia, Momodou Lamin Sisay, son of a retired diplomat, with a vehicle tag violation. He supposedly fired at the cops in Livonia Georgia a town close to Stone Mountain where all those confederate generals are carved. After all the other RECENT cases where the cops lied and video proved it, why should we ever assume that they are telling the truth?
Heres a list from a website that tracks them. Strangely, George Floyd isnt even on this list.
The last column on the right has links to news stories, the second to last column shows the alleged weapon, of any. Knife, Gun, Unarmed, Vehicle...
The original sin: if we had functional policing with common sense and some smarts, police would have banded together DECADES AGO for sensible gun regulations to make their jobs less fearful for citizens and cops alike. Instead, they mostly stayed silent or else supported NRA. And instead, cop killings at a rate of three per day are just normal in America.
Because we Americans just CARE about each other so much. Such pragmatic, sensible people.
https://killedbypolice.net/
2020-05-25 Gary P. Dorton 43 M TN K wate.com, wvlt.tv
2020-05-25 Joe Louis Castillanos 38 M H TX G chron.com, abc13.com
2020-05-25 Dion Johnson 28 M B AZ U kvoa.com, abc15.com
2020-05-25 Reymar Gagarin 35 M H CA T modbee.com, kcra.com
2020-05-25 Justin Mink 33 M W TX K galvnews.com, click2houston.com
2020-05-26 Richard Councilman M CA T uniondemocrat.com, modbee.com
2020-05-26 Jason Jesse Gallegos 37 M W MI G lansingstatejournal.com, wlns.com
2020-05-26 Kenneth Bennett 61 M NY T cnycentral.com, syracuse.com
2020-05-26 John Alvarado 22 M H TX G kristv.com, caller.com
2020-05-26 Tracy Drowne 42 F W FL G mynews13.com, orlandosentinel.com
2020-05-26 An unidentified person M CO G thedenverchannel.com, 9news.com
2020-05-26 Robert Avitia 18 M H CA G mynewsla.com, ktla.com
2020-05-26 John Vik 47 M W OH G timesunion.com, cleveland.com
2020-05-26 John Allen Dunaway 61 M FL U firstcoastnews.com, actionnewsjax.com
2020-05-27 Tony McDade 38 M B FL G nbcnews.com
2020-05-27 Joshua Blessed 58 M W NY G cdllife.com, 13wham.com, thedailynewsonline.com
2020-05-27 Rommel Mendoza 50 M H CA K ktla.com, cbslocal.com
2020-05-27 An unidentified person M CA K abc7.com, fullertonobserver.com
2020-05-27 Alexander Scott 30 M OK K fox23.com, mcalesternews.com
2020-05-27 An unidentified person M AL U wtvy.com, alabamanews.net
2020-05-27 Modesto Reyes 35 M B LA G wdsu.com, nola.com
2020-05-28 John Benedict Coleman 53 M UT G ksl.com, kutv.com
2020-05-28 Steven Edward Ferguson 31 M W CO V castlerocknewspress.net, 9news.com
2020-05-28 An unidentified person M CA B fontanaheraldnews.com, ktla.com
2020-05-28 An unidentified person M OR K katu.com, oregonlive.com
2020-05-29 Heba Momtaz Al-Azhari 22 F O FL K baynews9.com, fox13news.com
2020-05-29 An unidentified person M W CA T theavtimes.com, nixle.com, nbclosangeles.com
2020-05-29 An unidentified person 32 M A CA G sandiegouniontribune.com, 10news.com
2020-05-29 An unidentified person M PA K cbslocal.com, 6abc.com
2020-05-29 Momodou Lamin Sisay 39 M B GA G 11alive.com, ajc.com, washingtonpost.com
2020-05-29 Jarvis Sullivan 44 M B FL V news4jax.com, jacksonville.com
2020-05-30 Derrick Thompson 46 M B FL G dothaneagle.com, wjhg.com
2020-05-31 Israel Berry 49 M W OR U katu.com, oregonlive.com, katu.com
2020-05-31 Thomas Sutherlin 32 M W WI G wiscnews.com, wdtimes.com
2020-06-01 David McAtee 53 M B KY G whas11.com, nbcnews.com, cnn.com
2020-06-01 Jorge Gomez 25 M H NV G reviewjournal.com, fox5vegas.com
2020-06-01 Ryan Emblem Moore 36 M W AR U nwahomepage.com, fox16.com
2020-06-02 Robert James Lyon 65 M CA G krcrtv.com, redding.com
2020-06-02 Sean Monterrosa 22 M CA N theguardian.com, buzzfeednews.com
2020-06-02 Tyquarn Graves 33 M B NY G nydailynews.com, news12.com
2020-06-03 Mary Lawrence 39 F OK K 4029tv.com, newson6.com
2020-06-03 Gregory Hallback 44 M W SC G wjbf.com, aikenstandard.com
2020-06-03 Eric Galvan 25 M H TX G caller.com
2020-06-03 Scott Hutton M W AR U bentoncourier.com, fox16.com
2020-06-05 Benjamin Ballard 42 M OK G koco.com, kfor.com
2020-06-06 Kamal Flowers 24 M B NY G abc7ny.com, lohud.com
2020-06-06 An unidentified personM CA U kron4.com, cbslocal.com
2020-06-06 Gregory Lee Turnure 37 M TN K wvlt.tv, wate.com
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(6,286 posts)In a way, a good thing so it all can be spotlighted and stomped to death??
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