Thursday, May 13, 2010

Are there any cases of police wrongful shootings where the innocent person wasn't a minority?

If not, doesn't this seem a bit strange?Are there any cases of police wrongful shootings where the innocent person wasn't a minority?
i'm sure there are some, but it is just that when the concept that minorities were being targeted and mistreated by law enforcement came out people were shocked, and didn't/couldn't understand it. The minority wrongful shootings are far more numerous then the one a year we see on television. Just like school shootings are much more common in poorer areas (where schools have metal detectors) yet they just don't get the air time that columbine does.Are there any cases of police wrongful shootings where the innocent person wasn't a minority?
Yes, remember the granny recently who got shot and killed by the cops when they screwed up on the house they were supposed to raid?
Factually speaking: I'm sure there are because in the military there's such a thing as friendly fire. The reason it seems as though there isn't wrongful shooting in cases when the person is not a minority is that it probably isn't reported as often or at all. The media is all about hype and the big story. A story about non-minority cops wrongfully shooting a non-minority person will not generate half as much as non-minority cops shooting a minority. The first story wouldn't even make it in the paper but the other story would be on the front page.
Actually, the granny was black.

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