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Facebook temporarily disabled the social media accounts of a woman who was posting video of her own standoff negotiations with the police:
Baltimore police shot and killed Korryn Gaines, a 23-year-old black woman, after an hourslong standoff on Monday — during which Facebook and Instagram, at police request, temporarily shut down Gaines' accounts. [...] Police Chief Jim Johnson says Gaines was posting video of the standoff to social media as it was unfolding, which prompted police to request the deactivation of her accounts. Gaines' Facebook page is now reactivated; it does not have any videos visible to the public. On Instagram, one video apparently recorded during the standoff remains. [...] A second video, now deleted, showed a police officer with a gun drawn at Gaines' door. Facebook and Instagram have not responded to NPR's requests for comment.
[...] "Gaines was posting video of the operation as it unfolded. Followers were encouraging her not to comply with negotiators' requests that she surrender peacefully," he said. "Clearly, you can see this was an exigent circumstance where life and serious injury were in jeopardy." After a short period of time, Facebook (which owns Instagram) complied and deactivated the accounts. No data was deleted, Johnson said. Police do not have the authority to directly deactivate a social media account, Johnson and the spokeswoman both said. Facebook decides whether to comply with such requests.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday August 04 2016, @02:25PM
they found that whites made up only 44% of those killed. On the face of it, that's at odds with what you say, which would imply more than 69.5% of the dead would be whites—if arrests may be taken as a proxy for "getting involved with the cops".
If non-white, non-black demographics made up just 13% overall, that would be 44% white and 43% black.
Not that I believe that; just sayin'.
The data, for instance, is terribly incomplete.
The black boys killed can be disturbingly young. There were 41 teens 14 years or younger reported killed by police from 1980 to 2012 ii. 27 of them were black iii; 8 were white iv; 4 were Hispanic v and 1 was Asian vi.
That's not to say officers weren't killing white people. Indeed, some 44 percent of all those killed by police across the 33 years were white.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Thursday August 04 2016, @07:51PM
If non-white, non-black demographics made up just 13% overall, that would be 44% white and 43% black.
I had gotten 44% from that last paragraph you've quoted. I don't see the 13% figure on the Pro Publica page. Because you wrote "if" I suppose it may be hypothetical. The percentages you mention add up to 100%. I assume you are getting at something of greater significance than that, but your meaning escapes me.
Yes, the data are incomplete. Another study estimated that there are really either about 50% more, or about 100% more (I forget which) police homicides than are reported.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday August 04 2016, @08:27PM
Nah, nothing more subtle than that. I was just being pedantic as usual.
This whole progression since Buzzard's post has been kind of a circlejerk of ambiguous figures and unsupported assertions so I'm not really sure where we're going either, heh.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Thursday August 04 2016, @08:42PM
If you change your mind, check lower in the thread where he provided his sources.
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