Sunday, December 13, 2015

Killer cops are treated better than common criminals...

1101 people have been killed by police this year. I’ll say that again, One thousand one hundred one people have been killed by the police this year. While some of those are justifiable deaths, meaning someone was in danger, far too many were not. Police in the United States have killed people who held BB guns, failed to display a front license plate, burnt out tail lights, selling cigarettes or walking purposefully towards an officer. The list of reasons people have died at the hands of police is vast, inconsistent and heartbreaking. Though there are many things to discuss about why many of these people were killed, I won’t be breaking down any one case here. This post is going to talk about the inconsistencies in the process of charging police with crimes; primarily those resulting in death.

The inconsistencies between police and ‘citizens’ start from the moment a death takes place. While those who are not police officers are routinely detained, interrogated and prodded for alibis and motives. A police officer is given different treatment. Ray Tensing’s body camera shows that the day he killed Samuel Dubose he wasn’t cuffed, wasn’t taken to a police interrogation room, wasn’t taken to jail and wasn’t sent before a judge after spending even a night in jail. Nope, instead Tensing was taken to the hospital by another officer who never even took his firearm and was itching to give him advice (see video below). Full story...

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