POLICE

 

Jeffrey St. Clair

+ In 2021, there were 1055 people killed by police in the US. In the same year, 31 people were killed by police in all of Europe (Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Portugal, Sweden, Finland, Malta, Netherlands, UK, Ireland, Poland, Denmark, and Norway) combined.

+ Most of the people killed by police in 2022 were killed by officers responding to mental health calls, traffic violations, disturbances, other *non-violent* issues and situations where no crime was alleged. Only 1 in 3 killings began with an alleged violent crime.

+ Joe Frasure, a 28-year-old black man, was shot four times and killed by police after cleaning out his late grandmother’s house near Cincinnati. Police say they mistook him for a burglary suspect.

+ In 2018, Jerod Draper overdosed and was then arrested and taken to a jail in Harrison County, Indiana. Instead of giving Draper, medical treatment, the cops Tasered on him seven times in 15 minutes. He died a few minutes later.

+ In 2018, New York City settled 1,579 lawsuits over police misconduct for $76,492,742. Last year, it resolved 939 lawsuits for $121,376,712, according to the Legal Aid Society.