US police killed more people in March than UK did in 20th century – report

[DeSwiss]

American Cops Just Killed More People in March than the UK Did in the Entire 20th Century



By Matt Agorist on April 6, 2015



A new report by ThinkProgress.com unearthed disturbing figures when it came to the number of police-related deaths that occurred in America in the month of March alone. Just last month, in the 31 days of March, police in the United States killed more people than the UK did in the entire 20th century. In fact, it was twice as many; police in the UK only killed 52 people during that 100 year period.

According to the report by ThinkProgess, in March alone, 111 people died during police encounters — 36 more than the previous month. As in the past, numerous incidents were spurred by violent threats from suspects, and two officers were shot in Ferguson during a peaceful protest. However, the deaths follow a national pattern: suspects were mostly people of color, mentally ill, or both.

This high number in March increased the average for police killings from every 8.5 hours, to nearly 1 police killing every 6.5 hours in the US. These numbers are staggering and show a serious problem of the violent tendencies within the US policing apparatus.

Let’s look at our immediate neighbors to the north, Canada. The total number of citizens killed by law enforcement officers in the year 2014, was 14; that is 78 times fewer people than the US. From 2010 through 2014, there were four fatal police shootings in England, which has a population of about 52 million. By contrast, Albuquerque, N.M., with a population 1 percent the size of England’s, had 26 fatal police shootings in that same time period.

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[marym625]

1. K&R!

I would like to see statistics on the yearly increase of death by cop. I am positive that once the militarization of police departments started, the numbers went up.

I would also like to see the numbers by area. Again, I am sure that the numbers on the west and south side of Chicago are higher than the rest of the city.

I wonder what the numbers are for those that are incarcerated. Those would be more along the lines of neglect and physical force. But has that also increased with the privatization of prisons?

These numbers are staggering.

Over 100 cops killed last year is just as unacceptable. But ten times that many civilians puts that in perspective

Good post. Thank you

[Pooka Fey]

2. Huge K&R for a tragic and disgraceful fact

[tecelote]

3. Add to it more prisoners than any country in the world.

Not a higher percentage but more actual people in jail than China.

China, with over a billion people, has fewer people in jail than we do here in the US... The Land of The Free!

[rjsquirrel]

4. Yeah but unfortunately

This is simply untrue, and vastly undercounts deaths in police custody in the UK. Good sound bite, not true, maybe Fox News can run with it!

[LiberalLovinLug]

5. Do you have some source?

Otherwise its just you saying it. Like Fox News.
Where does it say that deaths in custody were counted in this survey?
And if it was, where do get your facts that the UK had more in custody deaths than the US?

[Richard_uk]

6. Here is a source

Found after a quick google, I have no idea how this compares to deaths in custody in the USA, I am not convinced that it is a valid contradictory argument against the point at issue, the number of police shootings in the USA, more an argument to attempt to muddy the waters IMHO.

[link:http://www.inquest.org.uk/statistics/bame-deaths-in-police-custody|

[libodem]

7. .And then there is this little gem:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/04/black-americans-killed-by-police-in-2014-outnumbered-those-who-died-on-911/