Kimani Gray
March 14, 2013 9:29 AM Subscribe
Last night marked the third night of riots in a Brooklyn neighborhood where sixteen year old Kimai Gray was shot seven times on Saturday night by NYPD officers who say he had pointed a gun at them, a contested claim.
The recent protests come just a year after an unarmed 23-year-old woman, Shantel Davis, was shot and killed by an NYPD’s narcotics detective in the same neighborhood, according to the Times report.
The recent protests come just a year after an unarmed 23-year-old woman, Shantel Davis, was shot and killed by an NYPD’s narcotics detective in the same neighborhood, according to the Times report.
This post was deleted for the following reason: metafilter is not newsfilter. This is a terrible thing that has happened but this post is just pointing to a cops/guns suck amirite discussion which is 1) not that interesting 2) done to death. Feel free to try again with a different spin on this if you'd like to. -- jessamyn
Does this count as an argument for or against gun control? It's hard to keep track sometimes.
posted by wolfdreams01 at 9:47 AM on March 14, 2013
posted by wolfdreams01 at 9:47 AM on March 14, 2013
Foci, I found stats for last year: 21 killed by NYPD in 2012, almost 90% of whom were black or hispanic.
21 is far fewer than I expected, to be honest.
posted by ook at 9:48 AM on March 14, 2013 [2 favorites]
21 is far fewer than I expected, to be honest.
posted by ook at 9:48 AM on March 14, 2013 [2 favorites]
> Does this count as an argument for or against gun control?
Neither.
posted by ardgedee at 9:48 AM on March 14, 2013 [1 favorite]
Neither.
posted by ardgedee at 9:48 AM on March 14, 2013 [1 favorite]
It might be an argument for cop control
posted by iotic at 9:49 AM on March 14, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by iotic at 9:49 AM on March 14, 2013 [2 favorites]
Can a mod fix the typo in the post? The victim's name is correctly spelled in the post title.
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 9:49 AM on March 14, 2013
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 9:49 AM on March 14, 2013
Any stats how many black people are killed by the NYPD each year?
I think the right answer to this is "too many".
rt.com also has some photos and coverage of the protests.
posted by fight or flight at 9:49 AM on March 14, 2013
I think the right answer to this is "too many".
rt.com also has some photos and coverage of the protests.
posted by fight or flight at 9:49 AM on March 14, 2013
One eyewitness isn't particularly compelling.
posted by 2bucksplus at 9:49 AM on March 14, 2013
posted by 2bucksplus at 9:49 AM on March 14, 2013
Does this count as an argument for or against gun control? It's hard to keep track sometimes.
I think it counts as something that deserves more than a snarky gun-control comment.
posted by Philosopher Dirtbike at 9:50 AM on March 14, 2013 [2 favorites]
I think it counts as something that deserves more than a snarky gun-control comment.
posted by Philosopher Dirtbike at 9:50 AM on March 14, 2013 [2 favorites]
7 times? This feels like a good time to be reminded that German police fired a total of 85 bullets against people in all of 2011.
And Germany isn't exactly a racial utopia.
posted by dry white toast at 9:51 AM on March 14, 2013 [1 favorite]
And Germany isn't exactly a racial utopia.
posted by dry white toast at 9:51 AM on March 14, 2013 [1 favorite]
Oops, sorry for the typo. Missed a letter there. His name was Kimani.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 9:52 AM on March 14, 2013
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 9:52 AM on March 14, 2013
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