The counted. People killed by police in the US

[bsnub]

The link speaks for itself. This is a national crisis.

The Counted: people killed by police in the United States in 2015 ? interactive | US news | The Guardian

[thaimeme]

The Counted:
People killed [historically] by US interests worldwide.

[palexxxx]

And ..... for a bit of balance.

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund: Officer Deaths by Year

[Eliminator]

Couldn't get the list to come up right.

[bsnub]

^ Try reloading the page. It stalled on me the first time.

The Counted:
People killed [historically] by US interests worldwide.

That would be the uncounted Jeffery.

[baldrick]

People killed [historically] by US interests worldwide.

U.S. National Debt Clock : Real Time

[Black Heart]

Of course there will be more police killings in the US than other nations.

There are a lot of weapons and a lot of violence.

The question is IMO, how many are justified killings? How many are not?

[Storekeeper]

IMHO it's possible the USA is a much sicker nation than we realize. Having done a small bit of research about serial killers I'm not sure bad cops are worth my time any more. I read somewhere the FBI estimates there are 50 active serial killers in the USA at any given time. We rarely hear about this stuff on TV anymore unless there is a reason to sensationalize the story. Go ahead and do a youtube search ...

[Black Heart]

The link speaks for itself. This is a national crisis.

"National crisis" seems to be a bit over-the-top, and it's an article from the Guardian (which puts out some good material).

Cops are quicker to pull the trigger. Hesitation is a risk many don't want to take b/c the consequences are death or permanent injury.

Sure some shootings are unjustified.

But we can look at the over-all homicide rates among citizens, random shootings, drive-bys, and mass shootings, the latter which are becoming more frequent.