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+1. The police in the U.S. only kill about 1000 people a year, out of 330,000,000. That's 0.000303%. To put it in perspective, there are about 50,000 suicides,
by NoImmatureAdHom 5y ago
+1. The police in the U.S. only kill about 1000 people a year, out of 330,000,000. That's 0.000303%. To put it in perspective, there are about 50,000 suicides, 35,000 car crash deaths, and 30,000 people die from just falling down.
- angio 5y agoA thousand deaths per year is still an astronomical number considering police kills less than 5 people per year in the UK.
- NoImmatureAdHom 5y agoI think this viewpoint, commonly cited, is wrong. 1000/330m vs 5/60m (England and Wales) 36x (adjusting for population) a really small number is still a really small number. While all else equal I'd like to see the number reduced, there is much lower-hanging fruit elsewhere.