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The US also has around 6x the intentional homicides per capita, compared to the UK. That should probably be taken into account, since a more violent population
by pseudo0 4y ago
The US also has around 6x the intentional homicides per capita, compared to the UK. That should probably be taken into account, since a more violent population means police have to use lethal force more frequently.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intenti...
- defrost 4y agoSo .. you're saying that the US population is more intrinsically violent than the UK population with a few thousand years of clan warfare and civil unrest, more violent than the New Zealand population of Maori warriors and colonizing invaders, more violent than the Australian population of criminals, soldiers, and aboriginals, etc? It's pretty basic. More violent policing leads to a violent population. Lack of social support leads to a more violent populations. Stop making excuses and look to root causes - why are there so many intentional homicides in the US? Perhaps predatory capitalism extending a slave economy isn't all it's cracked up to be.
- trilbyglens 4y agoI think they intrinsically have more guns, and that's about the extent of the difference.