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27 Dec, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Ok, I’ve been trying to find an answer to this question but nobody has had it yet. How many people have the LAPD fatally shot this year? Let me explain…
Today the AP reported that the LAPD fatally shot the 18th person this year. That includes 1 person killed today, two people on 12/23, and two people on 12/18, as reported by LA Times. BUT…
On 10/15, LA Times reported LAPD had killed 11 people including someone on 10/13. By 12/23 they reported 17 people had been killed (18 after today). latimes.com/california/sto…
So if it there were 17 killings by 12/23 including 4 that week, there were 2 killings between 10/15 and 12/18. One was on 10/31 according to LAPD’s site. But there’s still 1 person unaccounted for/not reported there. Does anyone have details about this? lapdonline.org/office-of-the-…

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20 Dec
It took less than two years for the police to convince politicians and the media to initiate a whole new phase of mass incarceration at a time when crime remains at historic lows.
Absolutely none of what they’re doing has anything to do with the facts. Crime is down, but the narrative is all about a “crime wave.” Theft/property crime is at historic lows, but the news is “retail theft wave.” Police have more $$ than ever but say they “don’t have resources.”
The one crime that *has* increased is shootings/homicides from shootings. But notice they aren’t talking about diverting police resources to focus on solving homicides. Instead it’s more money for targeting drug use or homelessness. It’s all fake narratives and fear-mongering.
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11 Dec
Boston police violence data by race, 2013-2020: policescorecard.org/ma/police-depa…
Minneapolis police violence data by race, 2013-20: policescorecard.org/mn/police-depa…
Chicago Police Department. policescorecard.org/il/police-depa…
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9 Dec
The FBI might end their use of force data collection program without posting any of their data. It’s probably because of what their data would say about policing. A thread. (1/x)
Back in 2015/16, the FBI started a use of force data program after Fatal Encounters and Mapping Police Violence, then WaPo and the Guardian, embarrassed the feds by tracking 2-3x more police killings than the ~400 cases/year the government claimed existed. mappingpoliceviolence.org
The federal program tracks killings *and* serious injuries by police. In states that already track this data (like CA), there are *even larger racial disparities* than in killings data alone. HALF of all people harmed in these incidents are UNARMED. data-openjustice.doj.ca.gov/sites/default/…
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8 Sep
Two-thirds of all police officers who’ve died in Florida this year have died from Covid. This Governor’s policies have directly contributed to that.
odmp.org/search?state=F…
In fact, given the obscene rates of Covid in Florida and the Governor’s policy encouraging this spread, Ron DeSantis might single-handedly pose more of a threat to the lives of law enforcement in the state than any other human being.
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7 Sep
Black men have higher college enrollment rates than white men at every income group. But Black college graduates end up with only 2/3 as much wealth as white high school dropouts because of systemic racism. insightcced.org/wp-content/upl…
Median wealth of households headed by:

Black college graduates - $23,400
White high school dropouts - $34,700
insightcced.org/wp-content/upl…
I’m surprised this isn’t a larger part of the conversation on white male college enrollment rates. White men aren’t going college, perhaps, because existing systemic advantages allow them to obtain more wealth than other groups regardless.
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30 Aug
Despite having 58% of the US Black population, the South has remained under white domination throughout history (except for maybe Reconstruction). Voter suppression has enabled white reactionaries to hold the majority (often supermajority) of Southern state and federal offices.
Narrow exceptions to this are the CBC in the US House, where Congressional districts were designed intentionally to break through this white dominant structure. And now we’re seeing Senators like Warnock who put a dent in the Senate demographics. But the overall dynamic remains.
It’s still almost all white (and Republican) governors, state legislative majorities, US Senators, and Electoral Votes coming from the South. By design. Maybe VA and GA (we’ll see about FL, but not optimistic) are starting to break that trend, but it’s the longstanding dynamic.
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