July is the deadliest month of 2015 for police-related killings in U.S.

[marmar]

(Guardian UK) July was the deadliest month of 2015 so far for killings by police after registering 118 fatalities, according to the Guardian’s ongoing investigation The Counted, which now projects that US law enforcement is on course to kill more than 1,150 people this year.

The July figure brought an end to a steady decline in totals over the previous four months. After 113 people were killed in March, 101 died in April, 87 fatalities were recorded in May and 78 in June.

At least 20 people killed in July – more than one in six – were unarmed, including Samuel DuBose, who was shot by University of Cincinnati officer Ray Tensing in a 19 July traffic stop that has become the latest flashpoint in protests over the police’s use of deadly force.

Of the 118 people, 106 died from gunfire, making July also the first month of 2015 in which that number has exceeded 100. Two people died after officers shocked them with Tasers, two died being struck by police vehicles, and eight died after altercations in police custody. ...............(more)

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/01/july-deadliest-month-2015-police-related-killings

[Cal Carpenter]

1. Kick

Interesting. I had this thread open right after you posted it and went away from the computer for a few hours. Came back, was curious to see replies and refreshed the page, and nothing.

[Comrade Grumpy]

2. Every day. Two, three, four more people killed by the cops.

Some of them are justifiable homicides. Note that 98 of those killed were armed.

The fact that someone is armed doesn't automatically make his death a justifiable homicide, or at least it shouldn't. This is, after all, a country where gun ownership is legal and widespread. There are too many cases of cops breaking into houses, encountering the owner carrying a weapon, and killing him.

I'd like to see the racial breakdown on the victims.

[moondust]

3. How many in the U.K.?

Japan?

Australia?

Norway?

Denmark?

Germany?


I'll take a wild guess that the combined total for all of the above is less than 10.