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4. Dec 12th Congress passed the Death In Custody Reporting Act which will require the gathering of

Wed Dec 31, 2014, 05:16 PM

Dec 2014

much of the data you speak of on a national basis. This law has been stuck in Congress since 2006. Democratic Underground seems largely unaware of the passage of or fight to pass this bill, which is ironic for a political website that appears to have a great deal of interest in the subject. It sort of amazes me.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/12/11/congress-decides-to-get-serious-about-tracking-police-shootings/

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Things I would like to know about police violence in the US [View all] Recursion Dec 2014 OP

that information would be readily available in any nation... Adam051188 Dec 2014 #2

Why? Igel Jan 2015 #7

To me that is an extremely important point etherealtruth Dec 2014 #5

The Death in Custody Reporting Act was originally passed in 2000, Downwinder Dec 2014 #6

Yes. The info would be good. Igel Jan 2015 #8

I actually follow police killings as part of my job. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2015 #9