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FreakinDJ

(17,644 posts)
Wed Aug 13, 2014, 10:18 PM Aug 2014

Remember over 25% of ALL police shooting victims are UNARMED

and given the very loose interpretation the courts give the phrase "I was in Fear" we must truly consider these people "Victims"

There in a section dedicated to "police abuse" he read a statistic he regarded as probably exaggerated: that 25 percent of all law enforcement shootings involve unarmed suspects. That launched him on a long and continuing quest for more details about officer-involved gunfights that has turned up a series of surprising - and disturbing - findings.

Not only did the ACLU statistic turn out to be not as far off as he imagined but Aveni has made other unexpected discoveries - pertaining especially to hit ratios, low-light shootings, multiple-officer confrontations, mistaken judgment calls and less-lethal technology - that have convinced him police firearms training needs a significant overhaul.

http://www.policeone.com/officer-shootings/articles/117909-Study-reveals-important-truths-hidden-in-the-details-of-officer-involved-shootings/



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Remember over 25% of ALL police shooting victims are UNARMED (Original Post) FreakinDJ Aug 2014 OP
Quick! Run some picture of a cop with a milk jug! That makes it all okay! villager Aug 2014 #1
 

villager

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1. Quick! Run some picture of a cop with a milk jug! That makes it all okay!
Wed Aug 13, 2014, 10:24 PM
Aug 2014

I'm sure those unarmed people were "asking for it," in any case!

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