mark francis
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The first cop killing on my list. Was the killing justified? Texas officials must have concluded that the shooting was justified in spite of the lack of intention on Anders part of shooting the officer she was confronting with her own loaded gun.I just uncovered a source that lists many or close to mose cop killings in the US by year. This corrects my former impression that such data cannot be found, and I am happy to admit I was wrong. Since Wray mentioned the number of cops killed in 2023 I decided to try to examine some of those killed by cops in 2023. He cited 73 deaths. My records alsready posted show 118 cop murders for that year. At any rate, that translates to an average of less than 10 cops murdered every month that year.
With the new info I have detailing cop killings I intend to research the number of cop killings for the month of December, 2023. I found the names of 29 black men and 3 black women killed by cops that month. I assume there is not a single murder of a cop that is justified, but how many of the suspects killed by cops were justified killings? We don't know but I will try to find cases among the 32 blacks killed by cops in Dec. 2023 that were not justified.
Three years after BLM protests gripped nation, a police shooting in Lufkin draws little attention
Texas police killed 141 people last year, according to a database. At least 22, including Aaliyah Anders, were Black.
Three years after BLM protests gripped nation, a police shooting in Lufkin draws little attention
LUFKIN — It was two days after Christmas and Aaliyah Anders was terrified. Her Lufkin apartment complex had become ground zero for a viral TikTok challenge. Kids, following the social media trend, were running up and kicking in the doors to apartments into the late evening. Having had enough, Anders called the police.
When she arrived, Officer Lauren Nick rang Anders' doorbell. Fed up, Anders, who is Black, grabbed her own gun, opened the door and charged, yelling. The officer shot her dead.
