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How is the number unknown if the website is giving us a number? The truth is that an overwhelming majority of police homicides are justified and lawful uses of
by PM_me_your_math 4y ago
How is the number unknown if the website is giving us a number?
The truth is that an overwhelming majority of police homicides are justified and lawful uses of force to stop a violent crime.
It can never be zero because some people are violent and will kill you for your shoes, much less to escape arrest and prison.
Police encounters occur about 65,000,000 times a year according to the DOJ.
1232 deaths is 0.001% of encounters. In general only about 7 deaths were unjustified annually. Average of 3 were accidental and four were criminal, where the cop responsible was fired, arrested, tried, and convicted in every case.
Deaths by police in the United States is a reflection on the outcome of crime, not the application of law enforcement.
Anybody telling you differently is selling something.
- ttfkam 4y agoGiving the best number available because they can't get that info from police departments. They have to report whenever they discharge their firearm but not necessarily when the bullet hits a person? Does that honestly make sense to you? As for your stats regarding justified/unjustified, a reminder that the police report stated George Floyd died due to cocaine use, not a knee to the neck. And without uninterrupted video evidence, Derek Chauvin et al would not have even been indicted. Are you SURE the official stats coming from police reports are reflective of reality? What about the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force? What about the fact that just about every major city's DA has a list of officers it can't put on the stand because they've been caught in too many blatant lies (but can't be fired). Selling something? Or highlighting a serious problem that many folks are turning a blind eye to because it doesn't affect them directly?