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, and which is the real deal? Answers below.  May 6, 2021 On Monday, April 19, Edgar Luis Tirado went on a one-man crime spree -- important details of which are not recorded in the Washington Post’s often cited "Fatal Force" database of killings by police. Other accounts, though, were clear about the threat Tirado presented. The 28-year-old Texan, who suffered from bipolar disorder, started small, stealing from a Fiesta Mart in Far North Dallas early in the afternoon. When store workers...

The Washington Post’s ‘Toy Weapons’ vs. Cops On Monday, April 19, Edgar Luis Tirado went on a one-man crime spree—important details of which are not recorded in the Washington Post’s often cited “Fatal Force” database of killings by police. Other accounts, though, were clear about the threat Tirado presented. The 28-year-old Texan, who suffered from bipolar disorder, started small, stealing from a Fiesta Mart in Far North Dallas early in the afternoon. When store workers tried to ...

Origin On April 20, 2021, former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich tweeted about the number of people who had been shot and killed by law enforcement in the United States in the past year: Reich wrote: “984 people have been shot and killed by police in the past year. The system is still getting away with murder.”  Reich’s message was posted shortly after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter charges in the killing of George Floyd and ...

There were only 18 days in 2020 that the police didnt kill somebody, according to police accountability data INSIDER 1 hr ago esnodgrass@businessinsider.com (Erin Snodgrass) © AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar A protester holding a sign reading "Stop Killing Us" navigates along Chicagos Loop during a peaceful protest, Wednesday, April 14, 2021, ahead of the video release of the fatal police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo. AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar That averages out to about three ...

Tempe police responded to a 911 call on Jan. 15, 2019, about a suspected burglary in an alley. Officer Joseph Jaen arrived to find Antonio Arce, sitting in a truck with a handgun. Jaen called to Arce, 14, who turned and ran. “Let me see your hands!” Jaen yelled, but Arce continued running, and Jaen shot and killed him. In body camera footage taken minutes after the shots, Jaen can be heard saying “It’s a (expletive deleted) toy gun.” It was, indeed, an airso...

The Interviewpodcast, I was joined by Wesley Lowery, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and correspondent for 60 Minutes on CBS News. Wesley made his name covering race and justice, in particular the Ferguson protests, for the Washington Post. There, he won a Pulitzer Prize for pitching and developing Fatal Force, an annual database of fatal police shootings in the United States, which was and is a vital resource. Lowery told me the inception of that project was a factual dispute between tho...

Jan. 8, 2021 Even before they knew the name of the woman killed during Wednesday’s pro-Trump mob at the Capitol, conservative accounts were beseeching followers to say it. On Thursday morning, the identity of the sole person shot by law enforcement during the violence in D.C. was confirmed: Ashli Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran who was killed as she tried to storm through the halls of Congress. Babbitt’s death was recorded in cellphone videos taken by fellow supporters of President...

Submarin submarines that pyongyang says can launch missiles. and artillery like the kind the united states says was aiming towards propaganda speakers on the border. and south korea fired back. watching this drill, its clear these shells dont miss. suggesting that when dozens of south korean rounds landed in an empty field in north of the dmz, that is exactly what they were aiming at. they have the firepower. but the game of war on the peninsula is more about positioning and showing off that fir...

Force against travon martin. the judge could make a determination that the stand your ground law applies and he could walk. i think under the facts and circumstances he has a good chance ultimately i think the judge is is going to be afraid to make that call because of the worry of riot. i think it will go to a jury trial i seriously doubt this man will be acquitted. >> im in a different point of view here. on the stand your ground kimberly is right. thats the all inclusive ground. he if he does...

Martin. the judge could make a determination that the stand your ground law applies and he could walk. i think under the facts and circumstances he has a good chance ultimately i think the judge is is going to be afraid to make that call because of the worry of riot. i think it will go to a jury trial i seriously doubt this man will be acquitted. >> im in a different point of view here. on the stand your ground kimberly is right. thats the all inclusive ground. he if he doesnt, there is a good c...