[kj] Police murder article

[GREG SLAWSON]

Here's the article for the right-wing nonbelievers (and anyone else who wants to know...)
Deaths in police custody detailed in Justice study
Over 3 years, half are homicides
By Hope Yen, Associated Press  |  October 12, 2007


WASHINGTON - About 2,000 criminal suspects died in police custody over a three-year period, half of them killed by officers as they scuffled or attempted to flee, the government said yesterday.


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The study by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics is the first nationwide compilation of the reasons behind arrest-related deaths since the high-profile police assault on Abner Louima and the police killing of of Amadou Diallo in New York in the late 1990s.
The review found 55 percent of the 2,002 arrest-related deaths from 2003 through 2005 were due to homicide by state and local law enforcement officers. Alcohol and drug intoxication caused 13 percent of the deaths, followed by suicides at 12 percent, accidental injury at 7 percent, and illness or natural causes, 6 percent. The causes of death for the remaining 7 percent were unknown.
The highly populated states of California, Texas, and Florida had the most police killings and overall arrest-related deaths. Georgia, Maryland, and Montana were not included in the study because they did not submit data.
Most of those who died in custody were men (96 percent) between the ages of 18 and 44 (77 percent). Approximately 44 percent were white; 32 percent black; 20 percent Hispanic; and 4 percent of other or multiple races.
"Keep in mind we have 2,000 deaths out of almost 40 million arrests over three years, so that tells you by their nature they are very unusual cases," said Christopher J. Mumola, who authored the study.
"Still, they do need to be looked at to determine whether police training can be better or practices can be better," he said.
State laws and police department policy typically let officers use deadly force to defend themselves or others from the threat of death or serious injury. Deadly force also is allowed to prevent the escape of a suspect in a violent felony who poses an immediate threat to others.
The Justice Department study released yesterday suggests that most of the police killings would be considered justified, although it does not make that final determination. About 80 percent of the cases involved criminal suspects who reportedly brandished a weapon "to threaten or assault" the arresting officers.
Another 17 percent involved suspects who allegedly grabbed, hit, or fought with police. About a third of the police killings involved a suspect who tried to flee or otherwise escape arrest.
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From: jonniespatula at hotmail.co.ukTo: gathering at misera.netDate: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:42:45 +0000Subject: [kj] white trash


i do not believe that for a second- total fucking rubbish.....an unarmed black youth.............!!!!     report just came out today in the US media that 2000 people died in the past 3 years in police custody--half from outright murder by pigs. In the US they regularly shoot unarmed black youth in the back"    
myspace.com/jokerjonchapmanfistevens.com

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