re: U.S. Police killed 984 in 2015 - U.K. Police killed 3

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Believe what? There are two thoughts in what you quoted, neither of which say police are always right.

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If I was naive enough to think that the police are almost always right say < 4 convictions/984 shootings~99.5% (I thinks the number of people killed in OIS is higher btw), then I would think that the very small percentage of cops charged is reasonable, and I would hope for that. However, do you really believe that only those convicted were unjustified? Or is there a bigger problem here- I.E. prosecutors covering for their police to ensure future convictions, or manipulating secret grand juries to keep police officers out of petit trial?

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Do you feel these to make up a majority of the 984? 

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Based on the videos we watched this past year it's certainly higher than those convicted, or even charged. Unless of course you think it's a total fluke, and that these videos of police misconduct is a very recent phenomenon.

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Can I make impossible to prove statements too? Or is that something only you can do?

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It's an opinion, based on the facts presented.

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Conspiracy theory or you being an idiot for thinking all cops are here to protect and serve?

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I think you're being an idiot for thinking 984 cops planted guns on criminals after shooting them.

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I think you're being an idiot for thinking 984 cops planted guns on criminals after shooting them.

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I could ask you the other extreme. Do you believe that of the 1000+/- people killed every year by police, only 4 (on average) or <.5% were unjustified? Or that 99.5% were justified?

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Of the 71 arrests for murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, just 31 came when officers were on duty. That’s about four a year during the study period. As a reminder, the best-available evidence from the Killed By Police Facebook page points to about 1,000 deaths each yearcaused by officers acting in the line of duty.

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The US averages 5 murders per 100k and the UK is 1 per 100k.

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That's because no one really takes their stupid British accents seriously.

I went to London once and some black dude, with perfect grammar and diction, tried to rob me. I just laughed at him and his stupid knife.

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66 times more likely to be killed by an American cop than a British Bobby.

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they must have smarter criminals

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You make it sound like it's not a big deal

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It's not a big deal. Especially when you consider how many of them died from causes unrelated to criminals. Vehicle crashed, illness unrelated to the job, accidental, ect ect.

People want to beleive that cops have some kind of crazy dangerous job. Hell even cops think they have an overly dangerous job. Yet an overwhelming majority of police go their entire career without ever firing their weapon.

Now if you consider the massive number of criminal interactions police have over the course of their career and the fact that less than 40 are killed in gunfire exchange, it doesn't seem that dangerous.

There are far more dangerous occupations that people do not consider to be dangerous because they aren't issued a gun upon hiring.

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I don't think everyone deserves to live regardless of their actions.

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I don't think everyone deserves to live regardless of their actions.

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I don't necessarily disagree with that, at least not on a fundamental level. However, who do you grant the power to make the decision? Surely you wouldn't want some college dropout with a hardon for the war on drugs making that call. The fact that we give guns to police after a couple of months of "training" is fricking bonkers.