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Re:My family saw a police car hit a kid, then I learned how ... by philjohn on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @02:03PM (#23617751)
And 12.1% of the population - which makes just pasting numbers meaningless. Much better is number per 100,000 so that you can compare like with like.
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Re:My family saw a police car hit a kid, then I learned how ... by throwaway_jobs on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @04:18PM (#23619671)
The point being addressed was fear of murder/assault From officers being a primary concern over fear of murder/assault from non-officers...I think we want to look at absolute numbers, you are either going to be murdered or you aren’t and assuming every single police killing was a murder 90% of murders are committed by non-officers. Why would we need to look at how many murders per 100,000?
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