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Re:Deaf Man Who Couldn't Hear Police Commands Was Tased and ... by mfgs on Thursday September 30, 2021 @09:54PM (#28713619)
There is usually at least 1000 people shot by police each year in the US.

All other developed nations have significantly lower rates and incidences of police killings: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/06/05/policekillings/.

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Re:Deaf Man Who Couldn't Hear Police Commands Was Tased and ... by jcims on Thursday September 30, 2021 @11:02PM (#28714001)
There are ~50 officers 'feloniously killed' in the US every year.

https://ucr.fbi.gov/leoka/2018/topic-pages/officers-feloniou...

If you dig around most other nations have substantially lower rates of LEO homicides.

Bunch of older stats here https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/ph98.pdf

I think one begets the other in a positive feedback loop that is difficult to break.

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