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I did some digging around for this info, and I think this is important. In 2018, 55 police officers were murdered in the line of duty [1]. In the same year, pol
by raz32dust 6y ago
I did some digging around for this info, and I think this is important. In 2018, 55 police officers were murdered in the line of duty [1]. In the same year, police officers shot 995 people to death [2].
[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2019/05/08/the-number-of-u-s-police-officers-killed-in-the-line-of-duty-increased-last-year-infographic/#28a3bb001189 https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2019/05/08/the-nu...
[2] https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-de...
- mlpinit 6y agoHere's another one: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/investigations/police-shootings-database/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/investigations/polic...
- raz32dust 6y agoThat's actually a far better source! You should probably post it as a direct reply. Also love that you can break down the data by several dimensions
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- chrisco255 6y agoYep and how many people did the murderers kill each year? https://www.statista.com/statistics/195331/number-of-murders-in-the-us-by-state/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/195331/number-of-murders... 16,000+ in 2018. Now run the numbers on how many murders there would be with no police.
- baddox 6y agoHow many instances of police stopping a murder can you think of?