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Not only do I believe that yes, such a statistic is very small, I have a hard time believing we're "70 times higher" than other first world countries unless they simply aren't enforcing the law at the same rate we are. Of course there's no incident if you turn your back on crime. There's qualitative analysis that must accompany any quantitative analysis to get a more complete picture.


But then, statistics are routinely abused to tell stories that aren't true. There's only so much they tell, yet the wrong conclusions are drawn from them or are used to back arguments that simply don't fit. This seems like one of those cases to me.


The false fear or expectation of altercation during a police engagement is simply manufactured one by those pushing a dangerous agenda. And because of that, is a direct cause of leading to more such unnecessary and unfortunate incidents.

Here's the news article... <a class="bbc_url" href='http://thefreethoughtproject.com/police-kill-citizens-70-times-rate-first-world-nations/'>http://thefreethoughtproject.com/police-kill-citizens-70-times-rate-first-world-nations/</a>

Here's the original source (it's pretty depressing)... <a class="bbc_url" href='http://www.killedbypolice.net/'>http://www.killedbypolice.net/</a>

Here's another sobering news article...https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015...-countries


I agree that statistics can be used to create an agenda. That's why it's important to try and follow or understand the methodology used to analyize the figures that are presented. These sources don't say whether the homocides were justified. It just shows the number of police deaths compared to other first world nations.


To me, this is substantial and makes me think that the system is broken. It's time to realize that the war on drugs, the profit motive of housing criminals and using policing as a revenue stream for a municipality, and the militarization of our officers has shattered our communities and thier relationships whith those that are supposed to protect and serve. The trust has been lost. These policies I've stated here have only begun over the past 30 years or so. They can be stopped, we can get back to normal. But we won't ever get there if we continue to allow the our "leaders" to continue to divide us based on R v. D and Black v. White.

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