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155? This article has another problem then. Although the FBI tracks police shootings, reporting is voluntary.. so they're grossly underreported. The washington
by rgbrenner 11y ago
155? This article has another problem then.
Although the FBI tracks police shootings, reporting is voluntary.. so they're grossly underreported. The washingtonpost did an analysis earlier this year attempting to get a more complete number...
we're on track to surpass 1000 police shootings this year.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/fatal-police-shootings-in-2015-approaching-400-nationwide/2015/05/30/d322256a-058e-11e5-a428-c984eb077d4e_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/fatal-police-shootin...
- briandear 11y agoHow many of those victims were people with prior violent felony convictions? How many of those shootings were in self defense? We can parse data all day long but people don't normally just get randomly shot by a cop. Chris Rock has a good bit on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2plo4FOgIU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2plo4FOgIU