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-War on Police-
Police shot dead a record 1,055 people last year - the highest number in seven years: Black people killed at twice the rate as white
2022-02-11
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The Washington Post on Thursday released the latest analysis from its database of fatal police shootings in the United States

  • The number of people killed by officers was the highest since they began keeping records seven years ago, with 1,055 dying in 2021

  • In 2020 the figure was 1,021, which criminologists say is not a statistically significantly change with 2021

  • The most affected people were young black men, and 14 percent had known mental health struggles

  • Three quarters of those killed were armed with a gun or a knife - 632 had a firearm, and 154 had a knife

  • California had the most fatal police shootings, with 141, while Rhode Island only had one
Posted by:Skidmark

#6  Beagles and St. Bernards vs. rabbits?

A problem of prejudiced bunnies
And speciesist dogs. Unleash unease!
Address the bad habits
Of underserved rabbits
By redistribution of monies!
Posted by: Omomock Lumumba4849   2022-02-11 15:40  

#5  Since 2020, over 1,300 overdose deaths have been recorded in San Francisco
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-02-11 12:32  

#4  Black people killed at twice the rate as white

Blacks commit serious crimes at 8 times "whites". "Whites" in FBI crime statistics includes non-black Hispanics. So who are getting the benefit of doubt from the police?
Posted by: Snusoting Omains7589   2022-02-11 10:07  

#3  WAPO - need we say more?

Bigger Question:
How many were found to be Good Shoots vs. Bad Shoots?

BTW: When will the FBI release its long overdue Crime Tables for 2020, or will they just skip 2020 and publish 2021 in a few years☻?
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-02-11 09:55  

#2  Beagles are twice as likely to be used for rabbit hunting than Saint Bernards.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-02-11 08:58  

#1  Oh, my! But crime rates are up, too, so maybe defunding the police is not such a good idea.

But wait! Isn't it true that police in the UK do not carry firearms? How's that working out across the pond?

Or do the WaPo and Daily Mail not believe in our second amendment?
Posted by: Bobby   2022-02-11 08:53  

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