Citizen oversight boards can help hold police who murder accountable. And stricter rules can prevent those killings from happening in the first place Related: Alton Sterling: police appear to lift gun from body after fatal shooting Another black man killed by police. On video. And at point blank range while he lay on the ground. By our count – I work with other activists to gather data on police violence – Alton Sterling was the 184th black person killed by police this year,a rate which has persisted at a near fixed pace over the past several years. (According to the Guardian’s own count, Sterling is the 135th.) We know Alton should be alive, or at home with his five children. And yet,here we are again. Related: The Counted: people killed by police in the United States – interactive Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com