Cops shoot, then sue

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Cops shoot, then sue
The Week Staff | December 6, 2014 Nine Cleveland police officers who killed two unarmed African-Americans in a hail of 137 bullets in 2012 are suing the city, claiming they were unfairly punished because they are not black. The killings of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams — who were each shot more than 20 times — came after cops mistook their car backfiring for a gunshot. The officers were suspended with pay for three days, but claim they were unfairly subjected to "unofficial punishments" because of their race.
(This article originally appeared in The Week magazine.

[mick silver]

http://theweek.com/article/flipbook/273062/cops-shoot-then-sue# Cops lives matter. 50 cops shot dead this year, 96 black men shot dead by cops. That seems to me like too many cops are too slow to fire on suspects, since they are getting mowed down. The cops are being massacred out there

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