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> you hear about the bad cops in departments like the LAPD and NYPD New York (state) police kill about 1/3 of the median, California just a little under the me
by petesergeant 4y ago
> you hear about the bad cops in departments like the LAPD and NYPD
New York (state) police kill about 1/3 of the median, California just a little under the median[0]. I imagine those numbers are higher for the two cities you've mentioned than state-wide.
[0] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123317/rate-people-killed-police-us-state-population/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1123317/rate-people-kill...
- midoridensha 4y agoAgain, see my parallel comment about how decentralized America is and how much power is retained at local levels. The NYPD may be in New York, but it doesn't represent New York state. Also, killings aren't a great way of comparing departments necessarily. There's a lot of corruption in the NYPD, but that doesn't necessarily translate to killings. Just look at their former "stop and frisk" policy; it was a violation of rights and racist, but didn't result in many killings that I remember.