Counter Current NewsWhy Doesn’t Media Talk About Black Women Killed by Cops? Marie Dennis January 15, 2015 Hood Report, News 7 Comments As the mainstream media provided minute to minute coverage in the cases of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Tamir Rice, Black women and young girls were also falling victim to police brutality. Counter Current News points out the discrepancy. The mainstream, corporate media has overlooked a number of very important cases of police shooting unarmed civilians. Whether coincidence or not, it would seem that many of them have something very obvious in common: they are all African American women. One of the most egregious offenses is that of Officer Joseph Weekley’s fatal shooting of 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones, but to date, this case, like the others we will discuss here, have received virtually no mainstream media attention. The charges against the cop who killed Aiyana Stanley-Jones were dropped. They also reference the case of Tanisha Anderson, an Ohio woman who died after having her head shoved to the ground by cops who were supposed to be taking her to be evaluated. The case was ruled a homicide, but no charges have been filed against the cops. In the last case, Sheneque Proctor, an 18-year old Alabama woman, who was found dead in a jail cell after having complained about her asthma. Police have refused to release any information on her death. 7 Responses Nick Walsh January 16, 2015 How about you present some data to illustrate? How many were killed last year? 4? 20? We live in a nation with 315,000,000 people… Reply Jesse January 18, 2015 George Sorros probably didn’t fund those to be protested. Reply Barry Brecheisen January 23, 2015 All the talk is driven by Al Sharpton so ask him. Reply Robert Ouano January 23, 2015 Al’s busy licking Obama’s u know lol Reply Ron Bailey April 29, 2015 The victims: overwhelmingly male, heavily young, disproportionately black The justifiable homicide victims of 2012 were overwhelmingly male — the FBI’s records included 11 women and 415 men. They were also, as are most people that interact with the criminal justice system, disproportionately black. Black Americans make up 13 percent of the US population, but the FBI’s data shows that 32 percent of the felons killed by officers in 2012 where black. Fifty-two percent were white, and 12 percent were Hispanic. Reply Ron Bailey April 29, 2015 That’s from an article on vox.com, it includes all not just ones of a certain color of skin. Reply RJddcgqjeTCKQXv October 11, 2015 oBbAlnvxBEcVvwXjfK 4463 Reply Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Currently you have JavaScript disabled. In order to post comments, please make sure JavaScript and Cookies are enabled, and reload the page. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email.
Nick Walsh January 16, 2015 How about you present some data to illustrate? How many were killed last year? 4? 20? We live in a nation with 315,000,000 people… Reply
Ron Bailey April 29, 2015 The victims: overwhelmingly male, heavily young, disproportionately black The justifiable homicide victims of 2012 were overwhelmingly male — the FBI’s records included 11 women and 415 men. They were also, as are most people that interact with the criminal justice system, disproportionately black. Black Americans make up 13 percent of the US population, but the FBI’s data shows that 32 percent of the felons killed by officers in 2012 where black. Fifty-two percent were white, and 12 percent were Hispanic. Reply
Ron Bailey April 29, 2015 That’s from an article on vox.com, it includes all not just ones of a certain color of skin. Reply
