Anti-brutality activist Betty Jones was shot by Chicago police; Larry Kobuk, a Native American Alaskan, died in police custody.
Common Dreams‘ Sarah Lazare (12/29/15) cited FAIR on journalistic counts of fatal police shootings:
Jim Naureckas, editor of Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting’s watchdog journal Extra!, argued Tuesday that the Post also “held back” key information by downplaying the connection between the high number of police killings and the grievances issued by racial justice movements.
For example, Post journalists wrote that “the kind of incidents that have ignited protests in many US communities–most often, white police officers killing unarmed black men–represent less than 4 percent of fatal police shootings.”
But in fact, the Black Lives Matter movement has condemned killings by officers of all races, killings of people who were armed, and killings of black women–such as Mya Hall and Rekia Boyd–by police as well as vigilante violence.
This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News with permission from FAIR.