- 24 Apr 2021 01:11
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There is a crack in everything,
That's how the light gets in...
@wat0n
I am good with having all my predictions come true.
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https://www.bgsu.edu/content/dam/BGSU/h ... ughter.pdf
So, a police officer that kills someone has a pretty good chance of getting away with it.
Police kill approximately 1000 people a year in the USA. Between 2005 and 2019, that would be 14,000 people.
There were 35 convictions. This amounts to 0.0025 of all killings.
Unless you believe that only one in every 400 cops is acting in an unjustified manner, it is logical to assume that cops routinely get away with unjustified killings.
I am good with having all my predictions come true.
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Back to the topic:
- Findings
Since the beginning of 2005 (through June 24, 2019), there have been 104 nonfederal sworn law enforcement officers with the general powers of arrest (e.g., police officers, deputy sheriffs, state troopers, etc.) who have been arrested for murder or manslaughter resulting from an on-duty shooting where the officer shot and killed someone at incidents throughout the United States. Of those 104 officers, to date only 35 have been convicted of a crime resulting from the on-duty shooting (15 by guilty plea, 20 by jury trial, and none convicted by a bench trial).
In the cases where an officer has been convicted, it is often for a lesser offense. Only 4 officers have been convicted of murder (there were four officers whose murder convictions were overturned, but the officers were later convicted of federal crimes arising out of the same incident). The 4 officers convicted of murder received incarceration sentences that ranged from 81 months to 192 months in prison, with an average length prison sentence of 150.75 months. As to the other officers, 9 were convicted of manslaughter, 4 were convicted of voluntary manslaughter, 5 were convicted of involuntary manslaughter, 2 were convicted of official misconduct, 2 were convicted of reckless homicide, 3 were convicted of negligent homicide, 5 were convicted of federal criminal deprivation of civil rights (including the four officers whose murder convictions were overturned), and one was convicted of reckless discharge of a firearm. The 18 officers convicted of manslaughter received incarceration sentences that ranged from zero months to 480 months in prison, with an average sentence of 78.5 months in prison.
The criminal cases for 45 of the officers ended in a non-conviction: 23 were acquitted at a jury trial, 9 were acquitted at a bench trial, 4 were dismissed by a judge, 7 were dismissed by a prosecutor, one received a deferred adjudication, and in one instance no true bill was returned from a grand jury.
Out of the 104 officers charged since the beginning of 2005 with murder or manslaughter resulting from an on-duty shooting, the criminal cases have been concluded for 80 of the officers (35 convicted and 45 not convicted). The criminal cases for 24 of the officers are still pending today.
https://www.bgsu.edu/content/dam/BGSU/h ... ughter.pdf
So, a police officer that kills someone has a pretty good chance of getting away with it.
Police kill approximately 1000 people a year in the USA. Between 2005 and 2019, that would be 14,000 people.
There were 35 convictions. This amounts to 0.0025 of all killings.
Unless you believe that only one in every 400 cops is acting in an unjustified manner, it is logical to assume that cops routinely get away with unjustified killings.
There is a crack in everything,
That's how the light gets in...