Howler63
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I posted earlier today that 1200 deaths last year from police shootings was horrendous and that is represents a bigger problem of police militarization. I was wrong. The numbers do NOT bear that out.
http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/cpp08.pdf
According to the Justice department, there were abound 40 million interactions between police and citizens for the last year the data has been crunched. Which, by the way, is a decrease from the year before. based on that number, the total number of citizens killed by the police is .0003. What in normally called statistically insignificant. Now I'd love to see some new numbers, but I can't imagine that they'd be vastly different except for actually being lower.
For the most part, far and away, the police are professional, courteous and fair. There is no evidence to support the notion that they are systemically racist or violent toward any racial group.
Now, are there tragedies? Yes. Alton Sterling, Philando Castille, Tamir rice, Oscar Grant. These were horrible tragedies that we could all regret and mourn. However, they are NOT representative of even tjhe tiniest portion of police interactions.
http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/cpp08.pdf
According to the Justice department, there were abound 40 million interactions between police and citizens for the last year the data has been crunched. Which, by the way, is a decrease from the year before. based on that number, the total number of citizens killed by the police is .0003. What in normally called statistically insignificant. Now I'd love to see some new numbers, but I can't imagine that they'd be vastly different except for actually being lower.
For the most part, far and away, the police are professional, courteous and fair. There is no evidence to support the notion that they are systemically racist or violent toward any racial group.
Now, are there tragedies? Yes. Alton Sterling, Philando Castille, Tamir rice, Oscar Grant. These were horrible tragedies that we could all regret and mourn. However, they are NOT representative of even tjhe tiniest portion of police interactions.