1/2 The Mapping Police Violence database counts many cases in which off-duty police officers (for instance) murder their families or lovers (and each family member is counted as a separate victim). I mean..I get that these acts were committed by police officers. But are they.. 
2/2 ...but can they *really* be reasonably construed* as cases of lethal police force? I call bullshit.
3/2 Hell, even *accidental* off-duty shootings are counted: "Miller's husband accidentally shot her in the head when he was cleaning his gun. She was 22 weeks pregnant, and the child died after an emergency c-section. The killing was ruled accidental."
4/2 "Chief McNeese was on a hunting trip with a friend when he accidentally shot and killed his friend Whitman." Seriously?
5/2 "An officer responding to a burglary call at an apartment complex encountered Lett, and the two entered into a physical confrontation. The officer tried the Taser, but in the rain he only shocked himself. Lett had the officer pinned to the ground when the officer fired"
6/2 I hardly ever use the word 'grift' (as it's so overused and flung about so liberally by most on here), but I will use it in the case of BLM.
7/2 (I know..this thread has gone on a lot longer than I expected)
If you're curious, what I'm working on is another (and larger) media-police victims x race analysis
If you're curious, what I'm working on is another (and larger) media-police victims x race analysis
https://twitter.com/ZachG932/status/1270824175725350914?s=20
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