US police shot/killed more people in 1st 24 days of '15 than police in England/Wales did in 24 yrs

[kpete]

Fact: In the first 24 days of 2015, police in the US fatally shot more people than police did in England and Wales, combined, over the past 24 years.

Behind the numbers: According to The Counted, the Guardian’s special project to track every police killing this year, there were 59 fatal police shootings in the US for the days between 1 January and 24 January.

According to data collected by the UK advocacy group Inquest, there have been 55 fatal police shootings – total – in England and Wales from 1990 to 2014.

The US population is roughly six times that of England and Wales. According to the World Bank, the US has a per capita intentional homicide rate five times that of the UK.


read more:
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/09/the-counted-police-killings-us-vs-other-countries

[Jefferson23]

1. Documentation is a powerful thing. K&R