Mapping Constabulary Brutality

After the shooting of the unarmed 18-year-old Mike Brown inwards Ferguson past times a constabulary officeholder a release of Ferguson citizens came together to form Hands Up United.

Hands Up United's destination is inwards the short-term to teach jurist for the shooting of Mike Brown and, inwards the long-term, to assist forestall futurity incidents of constabulary brutality. To assist accomplish this destination Hand Up United has released an interactive map to which anyone tin post reports of constabulary brutality or constabulary misuse of power.


This Google Map from the Cato Institute shows the place of botched SWAT too paramilitary constabulary raids inwards the United States.

The Cato Institute fighting that "the Drug War (has) given rising to a dramatic increase inwards the release of 'no-knock' or 'quick-knock' raids on suspected drug offenders. Because these raids are frequently conducted based on tips from notoriously unreliable confidential informants, constabulary sometimes bear SWAT-style raids on the incorrect home, or on the homes of nonviolent, misdemeanor drug users."

The Botched Paramilitary Police Raids map uses colored map markers to exhibit raids that led to the piece of occupation of innocent people, the piece of occupation of a non-violent offender, the piece of occupation or injury of a constabulary officeholder etc. It is possible to refine the information on the map past times state, yr too past times outcome.


Home.Land.Security say that at that topographic point are many websites dedicated to mapping offense only non many that are mapping where people experience vulnerable because of the constabulary themselves.

Home.Land.Security claim that many individuals  "including people of color, queer folks, too undocumented immigrants" run into a constabulary presence every bit itself a threat. They accept thus determined to map constabulary shootings too targeted arrests for what they telephone squall upwards "quality of life" crimes inwards San Francisco. 

The Home.Land.Security map allows users to stance the locations of 'Officer Involved Shootings' too reported  "Quality of Life Crimes". It is too possible to charge demographic information onto the map too to stance San Francisco neighborhood boundaries.