Violence and Gender VOL. 2, NO. 1 | Original Articles normal
Men Who Kill Policemen
Michael H. Stone
Published Online: 12 Mar 2015
https://doi.org/10.1089/vio.2015.0005
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Dr. Stone listed 10 black men who intentionally killed cops in 2014. The list is not to be considered exhaustive and it does only deal with cop murders in 2014.
Why did these men kill cops? 3 of the murderers killed cops because they were under investigation. One killed a cop during a police raid. 3 killed cops while being arrested. One killed a cop when the cop told him to drop his weapon. One killed a cop because he hated cops. One killed a cop to become famous for killing a cop.
When a cop is arresting a suspect, he must take precautions to insure the suspect is not going to turn on him and shoot him. That is why if a suspect does not drop his weapon he might get shot. That is why a suspect that fights a cop or resists arrest might get shot. Cops often have only fractions of seconds to shoot or be killed. A lot, therefore, rests on the suspect under investigation or arrest to insure the cop clearly understands his desire to show he is not a threat to the cop.