Liberty City Riots Miami 1980
You might think that progress would be faster. Cell phones are replacing land lines and whether you like it there are trends that we might not even be aware of.
Police officers kill people not often but with some regularity, It's been over a week since Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.
You might think that you could go to the Internet and someone would have counted how many folks have been killed in police related shootings. It isn't easy to get hard numbers.
Between 2003-09 there were 4800 deaths while people were in the process of being arrested or in police custody. About 800 deaths per year. Riots and civil disturbances don't seem like they happen every time some gets killed in the process of getting arrested or while in police custody. About 66 deaths on average per month.
In a country with 318,000,000 people there are 14 deaths per 100,000 people by firearms in Missouri and about 14.2 deaths by firearms in Washington DC. The national average is about 10 deaths by firearms per 100,000. The national average number killed by firearms has been about 10 per 100,000 for the last ten years.
About 12 deaths per 100,000 are suicides.
About 15 people were killed in the riots that took place in Miami, Florida in 1980 after the police killed Arthur McDuffie after a traffic stop were found not guilty of manslaughter and tampering with evidence.
I wish there were fewer police related shootings. I don't think what you see on TV these days reflects the attitudes of all the people that live in Ferguson, MO. I lived in Miami in 1980 and worked often in Liberty City. Civil disturbances are scary dangerous things.
The public health issues related to gun violence have a shroud hanging over them and when combined with distrust of police authority for any number reasons it is a very toxic combination.
Police officers kill people not often but with some regularity, It's been over a week since Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.
You might think that you could go to the Internet and someone would have counted how many folks have been killed in police related shootings. It isn't easy to get hard numbers.
Between 2003-09 there were 4800 deaths while people were in the process of being arrested or in police custody. About 800 deaths per year. Riots and civil disturbances don't seem like they happen every time some gets killed in the process of getting arrested or while in police custody. About 66 deaths on average per month.
In a country with 318,000,000 people there are 14 deaths per 100,000 people by firearms in Missouri and about 14.2 deaths by firearms in Washington DC. The national average is about 10 deaths by firearms per 100,000. The national average number killed by firearms has been about 10 per 100,000 for the last ten years.
About 12 deaths per 100,000 are suicides.
About 15 people were killed in the riots that took place in Miami, Florida in 1980 after the police killed Arthur McDuffie after a traffic stop were found not guilty of manslaughter and tampering with evidence.
I wish there were fewer police related shootings. I don't think what you see on TV these days reflects the attitudes of all the people that live in Ferguson, MO. I lived in Miami in 1980 and worked often in Liberty City. Civil disturbances are scary dangerous things.
The public health issues related to gun violence have a shroud hanging over them and when combined with distrust of police authority for any number reasons it is a very toxic combination.
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