Hundreds of killings by cops are not reported to FBI, study finds

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Hundreds of police killings are not included in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s records on the matter, according to a new report.

More than 550 homicides by police officers between 2007 and 2012 were missing from the federal statistics or not attributed to the law enforcement agency involved, the Wall Street Journal reported.

This makes it nearly impossible to figure out how many people cops kill — justifiably or not — every year.

The analysis comes at a time of heightened pressure for transparency from authorities, especially after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., in August.

To compile the report, the Journal looked at the internal figures of killings by police from 105 of the nation’s 110 largest police departments. Apparently, five declined its request for access.

The internal records show at least 1,800 deaths during the aforementioned timeframe. That is about 45 percent higher than the FBI’s tally of 1,242,

Why don’t the FBI records contain these additional deaths?

Clearly, some law enforcement agencies are not reporting all the police killings that happen on their watch.

http://news.yahoo.com/hundreds-of-cop-killings-are-not-reported-to-fbi--study-finds-160958877.html

[LibCampFireClub 635]

It appears to be a sinister plot, like ISIS. They round them up and take them to a secret location, execute them, and then bury them in trenches.

[Operator 1,925]

[Teddy B 17,251]

[Karee 4,189]

If a cop kills someone, is it required that the killing be reported to the FBI?

[Janelle2002 3,865]

If a cop kills someone, is it required that the killing be reported to the FBI?

For FBI stats they are supposed to.

[Teddy B 17,251]

If a cop kills someone, is it required that the killing be reported to the FBI?

Only if the person killed is white.

[Karee 4,189]

Only if the person killed is white.

Makes sense.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

I'll bet all the unreported killings were blacks.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Only if the person killed is white.

Where is the disapproval button. I swear they need to add one.

I'll bet all the unreported killings were blacks.

I didn't say this. Does it not bother you police are not reporting their murder numbers?

[Karee 4,189]

From the article:

Local law-enforcement agencies aren’t required to participate. Some localities turn over crime statistics, but not detailed records describing each homicide, which is the only way particular kinds of killings, including those by police, are tracked by the FBI. The records, which are supposed to document every homicide, are sent from local police agencies to state reporting bodies, which forward the data to the FBI.

[Operator 1,925]

I didn't say this. Does it not bother you police are not reporting their murder numbers?

You know there is a difference between murder and homicide right?

[Janelle2002 3,865]

You know there is a difference between murder and homicide right?

Yes. The police can get away with murder by calling it a homicide.

[Teddy B 17,251]

You know there is a difference between murder and homicide right?

I think it's homicide when a white guy gets killed by the cops and murder followed by looting and rioting when a black guy does. Amirite?

[Operator 1,925]

Yes. The police can get away with murder by calling it a homicide.

So you don't, that's what I thought.