Son of Butch
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While doing some reading on the upcoming officer Noor shooting trial I came across some surprising information.
Since 2012 the Minneapolis police department has dropped 4 of the 5 psychological tests recommended by federal
guidelines best standards practices. The reason given is the tests were screening out and disqualifying too many
minorities from becoming police officers. Leading them to start the fast track program for minorities from which
officer Noor graduated.
987 people were shot and killed by police officers in the usa in 2017.... (2.7 per day)
247 of the victims (25%) suffered from some form of mental illness, leaving 760 supposedly rational people dead.
2,875 people were shot and killed by police in the 3 years from 2015-2017 for an average of 958 per year.
Seems like a lot and many more than I would have guessed that actually died from being shot by police in America.
I did not come across any stats on how many total were shot or survival rates, only how many were shot dead.
I'm sure that must take up a lot of extra time just doing the paperwork.
edited to correct:
Digging closer into the statistics those were the numbers of all causes attributed to police by all means, not just
shootings, although that was by far the majority with traffic accidents 2nd.
Since 2012 the Minneapolis police department has dropped 4 of the 5 psychological tests recommended by federal
guidelines best standards practices. The reason given is the tests were screening out and disqualifying too many
minorities from becoming police officers. Leading them to start the fast track program for minorities from which
officer Noor graduated.
987 people were shot and killed by police officers in the usa in 2017.... (2.7 per day)
247 of the victims (25%) suffered from some form of mental illness, leaving 760 supposedly rational people dead.
2,875 people were shot and killed by police in the 3 years from 2015-2017 for an average of 958 per year.
Seems like a lot and many more than I would have guessed that actually died from being shot by police in America.
I did not come across any stats on how many total were shot or survival rates, only how many were shot dead.
I'm sure that must take up a lot of extra time just doing the paperwork.
edited to correct:
Digging closer into the statistics those were the numbers of all causes attributed to police by all means, not just
shootings, although that was by far the majority with traffic accidents 2nd.