[lbo-talk] Justce Dept.: 2, 000 suspects died in police custody, 1/2 killed by cops

[B.]

[Remember the Bodycount song "Copkiller," about a
fictional vigilante who killed cops -- and which got
white suburbia in a lather about rap music even though
Body Count was a speed metal band? Looks like *at
least* 1,000 deaths are from cops who kill -- cop
killers who murder suspects. In the last 3 years. -B.]

Deaths in police custody detailed in Justice study
Over 3 years, half are homicides

By Hope Yen, Associated Press  |  October 12, 2007

WASHINGTON - About 2,000 criminal suspects died in
police custody over a three-year period, half of them
killed by officers as they scuffled or attempted to
flee, the government said yesterday.

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http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/10/12/deaths_in_police_custody_detailed_in_justice_study/