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Re:Lawmakers begin bipartisan push to cut off police access ... by lawnchair_larry on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @01:24AM (#23400097)
It isn’t. Not even remotely close. What a silly stat to invent.

For what it’s worth, black men kill more cops than cops kill unarmed black men.

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Re:Lawmakers begin bipartisan push to cut off police access ... by mulmen on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @02:26AM (#23400505)
Apologies, I misread [1] and didn't apply the sniff test. It's the sixth leading cause of death, not the first. And it's 2.5x the rate of whites.

Regarding your second claim, I can't find those numbers. The closest thing I can find is this newsweek piece [2] with data from 2013 and 2014. That suggests most people who kill police are white. But it also includes prison guards as police.

[1]: https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2019-08-15/police-shoo...

[2]: https://www.newsweek.com/who-kills-police-officers-315701

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