Newspapers launch in-depth tally of US police deaths

[Little Tich]

Source: Yahoo! News / AFP

Washington (AFP) - Two major newspapers are now counting the number of people killed by police in the United States, as the debate over the use of deadly force by officers, especially against minorities, rages on.

More than two people were killed by police each day, and most were black or Hispanic, according to lists compiled by The Washington Post and The Guardian.

The counts are based on police reports and witness statements, as well as local news, research groups and open-source reporting projects.

The Guardian is counting all people killed by police, while the Post is only including those shot to death.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/newspapers-launch-depth-tally-us-police-deaths-224609607.html

[Cha]

1. Two Graphics from the Guardian.. mahlo LT

More..http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2015/jun/01/the-counted-police-killings-us-database#

http://theobamadiary.com/2015/06/01/shoot-to-kill-a-us-horror-story/

[mountain grammy]

2. Shocking! Shocking..

Things must change NOW.

[SoapBox]

3. America needs some serious help.

[msongs]

4. the criminals protection league will not like this at all nt

[Comrade Grumpy]

5. The pressure is mounting, and it's about time.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. "the Post is only including those shot to death"

So those who were:

1.) Tased to death
2.) Choked to death
3.) Kicked and beaten to death
4.) "Nickel-rided" to death
5.) Roasted without food/water to death in a cell

get missed by WP. Need some other big national papers to compile those stats alongside the Guardian.

[Downwinder]

7. Collateral damage. Torture is not news worthy, it is allowed.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. +1

[FiveGoodMen]

9. I know that headline's from the article, but WOW

I was sure they were announcing the number of cops that had been killed.

[Sunlei]

10. and how many wounded? how many maimed for life? thousands and thousands!

How many police dog bites? thousands of those injuries too.

police let their dogs have a bite as often as they can get away with.