US police killings of blacks part of ‘ethnic cleansing’: Researcher
The police killing of a 16-year-old African American teenager in Chicago, Illinois, on Tuesday is part of a systematic “repression” and “ethnic cleansing” of blacks, a researcher and historian in Washington says.
“These murders are consistent with a policy of repression of African Americans in cities where whites are moving back and they want blacks ethnically cleansed,” said Dr. Randy Short, who has a Ph.D in African studies.
“So there’s a cyclical wave of police murders and blacks being removed from cities,” Dr. Short said in an interview with Press TV on Thursday.
There are also governmental elements and other sinister forces involved in transporting weapons to Chicago to drive the black community into harming itself and justify more police repression,” Dr. Short added.
Protesters in Chicago staged a march on Wednesday to demand justice over the police killing of a 16-year-old African American teen under conflicting circumstances.
The protesters held a vigil at the scene of the incident, where Pierre Loury was fatally shot on Tuesday. They then marched to the police station where the suspected officer was stationed.
Authorities claim the teenager pointed a weapon at an unnamed officer when he was shot, but witnesses say they saw officers high five each other after Loury was gunned down.
The US has been plagued by a wave of police shootings, mainly targeting the African American community in the country.
Several high-profile police killings of African Americans have sparked nationwide protests in the United States over the past two years.
Police in the United States killed over 1,150 people in 2015, with the largest police departments disproportionately killing at least 321 African Americans, according to data compiled by an activist group that runs the Mapping Police Violence project.
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