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Re:Why the US military usually punishes misconduct but polic... by GVIrish on Friday June 26, 2020 @10:00AM (#23652038)
That's a good point, but the corollary of that is, how many people were shot by the police but didn't die?

And going one step further, we've seen the stat for yearly police gun homicides but as far as I know there are no reliable statistics for how many people are killed by police by other methods. How many people are dying from chokeholds, from beatings, from having medical attention withheld?

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Re:Why the US military usually punishes misconduct but polic... by NovemberWhiskey on Friday June 26, 2020 @11:15AM (#23652906)
>That's a good point, but the corollary of that is, how many people were shot by the police but didn't die?

... and how many times did the police miss the unarmed suspects they were shooting at and hit innocent bystanders?

https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/15/justice/times-square-police-s...

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Re:Why the US military usually punishes misconduct but polic... by pluto9 on Friday June 26, 2020 @11:38AM (#23653194)
Don't forget this one: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ups-hijacking-gun-battl...

There's even a video of this incident that shows them using occupied civilian vehicles for cover.

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Re:Why the US military usually punishes misconduct but polic... by hef19898 on Friday June 26, 2020 @10:07AM (#23652108)
It is not just shootings, violence comes in many forms.
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