Final tally: Police shot and killed 984 people in 2015

Started by josephpalazzo, January 06, 2016, 01:44:15 PM

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josephpalazzo

QuoteAnd with that, the nation logged what is likely its final police
shooting death of 2015, a year in which 984 such killings occurred, well more
than double the average number reported annually by the FBI over the past
decade.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/final-tally-police-shot-and-killed-984-people-in-2015/2016/01/05/3ec7a404-b3c5-11e5-a76a-0b5145e8679a_story.html

Shiranu

Don't worry they were all justified and we don't have a police brutality issue in this county.
"A little science distances you from God, but a lot of science brings you nearer to Him." - Louis Pasteur

TomFoolery

Quote from: Shiranu on January 06, 2016, 01:46:40 PM
Don't worry they were all justified and we don't have a police brutality issue in this county.

Nah, it's cause all of the victims people who got shot were gangbangers who had no respect for the police and brought it on themselves.
How can you be sure my refusal to agree with your claim a symptom of my ignorance and not yours?

Unbeliever

It's too easy to make silly mistakes - it could happen to anyone...


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