Meanwhile -Number of people killed by US police in 2015 at 1,000 after Oakland shooting

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http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/16/the-counted-killed-by-police-1000
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The number of people killed by law enforcement in the US this year has reached 1,000 after officers in Oakland, California, shot dead a man who allegedly pointed a replica gun at them.

Authorities said several officers opened fire on the man on Sunday evening when he walked toward them as they towed away cars that had been used to perform so-called “sideshow” stunts in east Oakland. Officers discovered later that the gun was a replica, police said.

“Officers working sideshow approached by subject who pointed firearm in their direction,” the Oakland police department said on Twitter. “Officers fatally shot subject.” A spokeswoman said the department would investigate the shooting itself. The man’s name was not released.

Hundreds of cars had been involved in hours of chaotic sideshow stunts that shut down several intersections in Oakland from late on Saturday into the early hours of Sunday, according to police. One man was arrested and several shots were fired.

[randys1]

1. Are you trying to say we have a problem right here at home?

Ya know what I know?

Given what I did when I was in my 20's, i would possibly be dead if I was Black.

Not that I broke the law that much or at all most of the time, but I carried on and went to concerts and so on.

I hung out in Oakland to do this and that, but I had the complexion for the protection for the collection.

[malaise]

2. I'm glad you made it

[Warren Stupidity]

3. At least 1000. There are no uniform reporting requirements. We don't know how many people

the police kill every year.

[malaise]

4. +1,000

That's the truth