Category Gun Lobby / NRA
While FBI Finds Police Killings on the Rise, Real Number of Killings Remains Uknown | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
The FBI’s Uniform Crime Report (UCR), which collects data voluntarily submitted by police departments, looked only at killings which police considered “justifiable homicide,” defined by the bureau as “the killing of a felon by a law enforcement officer in the line of duty.” There were 461 justifiable homicides reported last year, up from 426 in […]
Police records show far more blacks than whites shot by local officers | KMOV.com St. Louis
Klinger provided News 4 with a map that showed more than 200 police shootings in St. Louis City from 2002 through 2012. Most of those shootings occurred in higher crime, low-income, neighborhoods, most of which were predominantly African American neighborhoods in north St. Louis. There was also a significant percentage of police shootings in higher […]
SPLC report: Bundy ranch standoff was highly coordinated, reflecting threat of larger far-right mili – Democratic Underground
Source: SPLC NewsThe standoff between federal agents and armed supporters of a Nevada rancher earlier this year was a highly coordinated effort by far-right militiamen that has since energized volatile extremists who are increasingly targeting law enforcement officers, according to a new SPLC report released today…..“The Bundy ranch standoff wasn’t a spontaneous response to Cliven […]
Las Vegas Shooter Jerad Miller Mocked Isla Vista Killer Elliot Rodger On Facebook
The Las Vegas shooter also criticized gun control advocates who blamed the NRA for the Isla Vista killings. On his Facebook page, Miller shared a photo from gun dealer FLL123.com’s page showing “King of the Hill” character Dale Gribble criticizing the left:“So yet another liberal left-wing wack job [sic] goes on yet another mass shooting […]
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