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There is considerable evidence that many Detroit police officers carried "drop knives" to plant on people that they killed in order to fabricate a "justifiable homicide" crime scene; at least seven of the homicides by the undercover STRESS unit of the early 1970s, which planted weapons on dead civilians routinely, resulted in wrongful death ...
17 Homicides by Detroit Police Officers, 1964-1966. All 17 identified homicides by DPD officers are featured below, divided into four categories: controversial killings of unarmed Black males that prompted civil rights protests (including two teenagers depicted in the red circles on the map below right)
Key Findings: "Justifiable Homicide" (96%). The Wayne County Prosecutor found all on-duty officer homicides to be justified and brought misdemeanor charges only for an off-duty officer who claimed to have accidentally shot his friend in the back of the head after a night of partying. Unarmed and Fleeing (48%).
Nov 5, 2019 · Award-winning criminologist, Gary Kleck (page 111-114) estimates justifiable homicides are between 7.1 and 12.9 percent of total homicides. Detroit’s figure of 6.5% approaches the lower end of that estimate. There are probably over 1,600 justifiable homicides a year. It is likely Detroit’s police are still missing many justifiable homicides ...
Jun 13, 2012 · Whether 2011 was an aberration, Detroit has long dominated the state’s justifiable homicide statistics. Between 2000 and 2010, police across the state reported 212 justifiable homicides...
A non-criminal homicide ruling, usually committed in self-defense or in defense of another, exists under United States law. A homicide may be considered justified if it is done to prevent a very serious crime, such as rape, armed robbery, manslaughter or murder.
Dec 15, 2023 · Some homicide cases are the subject of intense scrutiny, including the April 23 killing of 53-year-old neurosurgeon Devon Hoover inside his Boston-Edison home and the Oct. 21 fatal stabbing of...
