When is #deadlyforce justified? Recent #police #killings raise questions

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/08/17/massey-young-police-deadly-use-of-force/74787678007/?utm_source=usat-DailyBriefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-briefing&utm_term=Content%20List%20-%20Stacking%20-%20optimized&utm_content=8872UT-E-NLETTER02

#Illinois #Cop #SeanGrayson #Charged with #Murder After #AttorneyGenerals #Review of #Bodycam #Video Did Not #Justify Use of #DeadlyForce

#SonyaMassey, an #Innocent #BlackWoman Called #911 to #Report #Intruder In #Home. The #police arrived around 12:50 am, 31 minutes later she was shot. She died 26 minutes later

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Illinois #Police #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Murder #InstitutionalRacism #NoPoliceAtPride #BlackMastodon

https://atlantablackstar.com/2024/07/18/familiar-tragedy-unfolds-in-illinois-after-police-shoot-kill-black-woman-who-called-911-to-report-intruder-at-her-home/

I asked Justin Trudeau’s Liberals why they broke a promise to ban three controversial police practices. Their answer says a lot

Someone needs to fix the dysfunctional relationship between the RCMP and the Canadian Government. Trudeau may not be the man to do it

#paywall

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/i-asked-justin-trudeaus-liberals-why-they-broke-a-promise-to-ban-three-controversial-police/article_72a61ab8-1f59-11ef-823e-cbe4f1fc720d.html

Did #Kentucky Legalize #Shooting #HomelessPeople?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGDPuXZr364

Kentucky’s crazy #SaferKentuckyAct decriminalizes #deadlyforce against #homeless people.

The bill which goes into effect in July, allows #privateproperty owners to #shoot first and questions later if they believe that a trespasser or homeless person is going to commit a #felony or is attempting to “deposses” them.
The set of #toughoncrime laws also #criminalizes being homeless.

Independent Reporting Shows Cops Are Still Killing People At An Alarming Rate

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/01/09/independent-reporting-shows-cops-are-still-killing-people-at-an-alarming-rate/

#policeviolence #policekilling #deadlyforce #police #1

#SanFrancisco "#killer #police #robots" plan put on hold - CBS News

San Francisco #supervisors voted Tuesday to put the brakes on a #controversial #policy that would have let police use robots for #deadlyForce, reversing course just days after their approval of the #plan generated fierce #pushback and #warnings about the #militarization and #automation of #policing.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/killer-police-robots-san-francisco-plan-paused/