Michigan leaders in recent years have proposed police reform with the hope of reducing police killings, but it doesn’t seem to working.
At the current rate, Michigan will record 30 police killings of citizens this year.
That’s the most since at least 2013 when comprehensive recordkeeping began, and 50% more than the previous high of 24 last year. No Michigan police have been killed this year.
Three officers nationally have been fatally shot by suspects, two while responding to the same domestic violence call in New York and another during a traffic stop in Texas. An equal number of law enforcement personnel were accidentally killed by other police, two because of crashes involving officers responding to the same scene and a third by friendly fire.
The Michigan surge in police killings comes amid national scrutiny sparked by the death of 26-year-old Patrick Lyoya, who was shot in the back of the head by Grand Rapids Police Officer Christopher Schurr during a struggle following a traffic stop on April 4, and nearly two years after […]
Police or Sherifs should be taught to de-escalate a situation, not just shoot first; and when they do have to shoot they should be able to shoot a hand or leg, not to kill!