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Re:Investigation: Police Shootings by _asdf_asdf on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @02:45PM (#10853132)
Wow! And England and Wales are entire countries!

Except...

They are much, much, much smaller countries, and so...

One would actually expect a much, much, much smaller number for them.

Even combined.

Whether by land area or population, they are considerably smaller.

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Re:Investigation: Police Shootings by spikels on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @03:15PM (#10853393)
Not that much smaller:

                   Population    Killed
                   (mid-2012)    by Police
  United States    314,102,623     984
  England & Wales   56,567,800       3
  Ratio                     6x    328x
Don't think land area makes sense. However adjusting for crime rates and demographics would make a big difference.
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Re:Investigation: Police Shootings by cbr on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @03:13PM (#10853379)
They're smaller, but not that much smaller. With a combined population of 56M to the USA's 319M, we could scale their shooting numbers by 5.7x to get something adjusted for population. So if they were as big as the USA they would have ~17 shootings to our 984.
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Re:Investigation: Police Shootings by bdavisx on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @03:11PM (#10853356)
Yes, but: the population of England and Wales together is about 55 Million; the us 319 Million. So that's a ratio of 1:5.8.

There were 3 shootings vs 984, so that's a ratio of 1:328. So it's still a very valid point.

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Re:Investigation: Police Shootings by rodgerd on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @03:03PM (#10853286)
Given the population of the UK is about a fifth of the US, your post is so ridiculous it's hard to consider it anything but a troll.
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