620 police brutality presentation
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Police BrutalityAgainst
African Americans
Miriam HolbrookSW 620December 4, 2014
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A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM
1,217 deadly police shootings 2010-2012; 313 African Americans in 2012 alone Inconsistent reports “Undetermined” 71%
Of African American boys/men ages 15-19: Killed at a rate of 31.17 per million Whites? 1.47 per million African American teens 21 x more likely to be killed 41 young teens (under 15) killed 1980-2012; 8 were white.
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Ratio: White/Black OfficersThe 22 cities in the US with more than 600,000 people: In every case, whites are overrepresented on the police force
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/national/police-staffing/
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From the start…Profiling in Pontiac on Thanksgiving:
http://www.cnet.com/news/two-phone-standoff-after-cop-stops-man-for-walking-with-hand-in-pockets/
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Representation Breakdown
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Eric Garner: 43, NYCKilled July 17; No Indictment
Possibly selling loose untaxable cigarettes
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John Crawford III: 22, OhioKilled August 5; No Indictment
Shopping atWalmart,
AirSoft BB Gun
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Michael Brown: 18, FergusonKilled August 19; No Indictement
Jay WalkingTheft of small cigarsShove store staff member.
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Kajieme Powell: 25, St. LouisAugust 19; No Indictment
Walking with steak knife; Likely suicidal
About 20 Seconds after police arrive
Police statement does not match video
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Tamir Rice, 12; Cleveland November 22; Pending Indictment?
At part with his air soft gunUnder 2 seconds
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Milton Hall: 49, Saginaw, MIKilled August 2012; No Indictment
Surrounded by 8 police officers who eventually shot off 46 rounds, hitting Hall 14 times
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White Backlash, Absence- Two different worlds?
Apologize? Really?
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Need more than cameras
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Eugene Robinson:“There are two justice systems in this country: one for black Americans and one for everybody
else.” Commissioner Charles Ramsey:
As simple as this: Comes down “to just treating people with respect”
Al Sharpton: Policing: “The biggest civil rights issue of our
time”
“We need to stop sending only police to solve a multi-pronged problem. We need jobs, better housing, and youth programs. But the only thing we ever get is police.”