4 ms·

It's a bit tendentious to fail to mention that some of those folks were shot by the police.

• edbob 6y ago
  I did emphasize the criteria, and it seems reasonable to expect any informed person to already know that there was violence from police, protesters, and counter-protesters. But the Guardian source says "All but one were killed by fellow citizens.", so I didn't find it particularly worth emphasizing that 4%.
  • kaitai 6y ago
    One of the pieces you quoted said that two were killed by police.
    • edbob 6y ago
      Which would make it 8%?
• hnlurker 6y ago
  As if some sizable chunk of “unarmed” person shot/killed by police aren’t going for the police officer’s gun or in some other way aggressively resisting arrest. The police are woefully undertrained as it is, it is unreasonable to expect them to also be bare knuckle boxing champs or BBJ black belts. If the police officer is knocked out, then it is reasonable for them to assume they will be killed with their own service revolver. Why is the force continuum so difficult to understand by apparently so many people? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_force_continuum https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_force_continuum