Connecticut cops more likely to use stun guns on minorities

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Connecticut cops more likely to use stun guns on minorities

Dave Collins, Associated Press

Updated 4:04 pm, Thursday, June 30, 2016

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Police in Connecticut were more likely to fire their stun guns at minorities than at whites in 2015 and more likely to shock Hispanics multiple times than shock other racial groups, according to an analysis released Thursday of the first statewide data of police stun gun use in the country.

The findings didn't surprise Wilson Ramos, whose brother died after East Hartford police shot him with a stun gun two years ago. But police and state officials were quick to warn against making conclusions about the data.

"It's my hope that this report kind of gets the attention that it needs and that the officers discharging the devices get proper training so people won't continue to suffer from permanent damage or death," Ramos said. He and his brother are of Puerto Rican descent.

Ramos has a lawsuit pending against police, saying officers beat his brother, Jose Maldonado, and shot him with a stun gun for about 20 seconds, leading to his death. Police officials deny the stun gun was deployed for 20 seconds and say the officers were justified.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Conn-police-more-likely-to-use-stun-guns-on-8333428.php

[Spitfire of ATJ]

1. Replace them with minority cops.

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2. That is rarely the solution.

In many cases minorities in the police act more like the white officers then not. The main reason for this is who is hire, people hore people pike themselves, thus white police officers hire minorities who embrace white culture the most, right down to seeing minorities as being more dangerous then whites.

To have a cultural change you need a purge, rapid termination of most of the present officers, good or bad, replaced by people with a different set of standards. That is hard to do with civil service employees. Instead you see a slow replacement of white officers with minorities who end up adopting the same view of minorities that the white officers had.