Extrajudicial killing is when police kills someone without trial or any due process, which take the form of an execution in the street. The use of deadly force against Black people (without due process) has been standard practice in the US—woven into the very fabric of society, since the beginning of the United States itself (a time when Black people were not even seen as human). * In 2012, police summarily executed more than 313 Black people = one every 28 hours. Of the 313 Black people who were killed by police in 2012: - 66% (2/3) of the Black People murdered were under the age of 32; - 44% of Black people killed did not have a weapon; - 36% allegedly had a weapon, (but it is not likely or what they had was not dangerous) meaning THEY DID NOT HAVE A GUN; - 9% that’s 28 people, the police admit, had NOT violated any law and were NOT involved in any harmful behavior; - 43% of people killed were not in the middle of committing a crime, but were stopped for “suspicious activity”; - 45 people were killed running away. - in 275 cases of extrajudicial killings in 2012, the legal system only charged 9 people, or 8.4% * Even when all the evidence points to police culpability, District Attorneys and Grand Juries invariably rule that the homicides they committed were justified. The Justice system gives impunity to murderers. The names of a few of the 313 people on the 2012 death roll have become nationally-known rallying cries for justice: like Trayvon Martin or Mike Brown and Eric Garner (last year). These high profile murders have sparked massive mobilizations, media commentary, calls for government intervention, lawsuits and endless legal wrangling. However, after the initial announcements in local news media, the lives of most of most of those who were executed are FORGOTTEN. Which is why most people are oblivious to this reality. In some cases, scanty police reports and press coverage barely note their deaths at all. It is deliberate that there is no centralized database that documents killings by police, extrajudicial or otherwise. It is for this reason that i support the National Association Against Police Brutality - NAAPB and urge you to DONATE TODAY!
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 05:38:46 +0000
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