Philadelphia police officers were responsible for 400 civilian shootings over the last seven years, according to a new report from the Department of Justice.
The report also found that there was “an undercurrent of significant strife between the community” and the police.
The Washington Post has more on the report:
This report looked at the number of times Philadelphia police officers shot someone between 2007 and 2013, finding nearly 400 such incidents over that seven-year span. Fifty-nine unarmed people were fatally shot over this period, and half of the unarmed people were shot because the officer saw something (like a cellphone) or some action (like a person pulling at the waist of their pants) and misidentified it as a threat, the report states.
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18 comments:
Soooooo, thug control.
I am pretty sure they needed it.
Add a zero, and change it to 1 year...and they'd be getting it done!
Probably should have been a higher number considering the type of people living there.
I see a few kops have the day off and spending it on here.
Is this Obama?
Filthadephia is one nasty city. It is embarrassing how this once great city has turned into a garbage pit.
Good job!!
No kidding. Ever been to Philly? That number is staggeringly low.
wow, you people are some crazy fools spouting your garbage
Well, it's a start!
In just ONE American city.
Let that sink in for a minute.
One city. 400 people shot. 59 unarmed citizens KILLED. One city. ONE.
If I (or you) shoot and kill someone who SCARED us, or made us "fearful", that would be a mere footnote in the no bond, life without parole process "we, the people" would endure.
FIFTY-NINE unarmed citizens were killed. That's about a citizen a month for 5 years.
Keep cheering.
'Keystoner cops' are just like your basic Keystoner tourists.., eat up with the dumbass and lacking all social skills.., kinda like Neanderthals.
Should change department's logo to Quick Draw McGraw.
Works out to killing one unarmed citizen every 2 months over the past decade.
Didn't see a mention about whether cops and victims were in physical conflict at the time.
In fairness, each of the 'unarmed' celebrity victims of the past couple of years across the country have been in physical altercation immediately before their death.
but the ossifer was sceered for day lifes! seem's resonible!
Unarmed does not mean harmless or non-aggressive.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Unarmed does not mean harmless or non-aggressive.
March 29, 2015 at 2:02 PM
OMG. kops are that much of wimps that someone hollers at them and they shoot them?
They need remedial traing number way to low. I have been to filthadelphia. Cops should be required to shoot at least twenty a month. Maybe put some type of point sytem on it.
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