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In reply to the discussion: What I've Learned from Two Years Collecting Data on Police Killings [View all]mwooldri
(10,303 posts)33. Wikipedia...
It has an index page by year and month categorizing each human death that involved law enforcement officers - irrespective of whether the intervention was warranted or not. Canada has its list on one page. The UK's page is quite slim.
If the entire combined police forces in the United Kingdom fired less rounds this year than that ex-officer in Ferguson in one incident, and if the number of deaths involving law enforcement for this month alone is approaching the number the UK has had since 2001.... what does that tell you?
Enough said.
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Hissyspit
Dec 2014
OP
Right, that's a good question. In the case of NYC, de Blasio has been major just 11 months.
eomer
Dec 2014
#42
Sounds like a job Congress COULD DO. I didn't say would do because we all know that they won't.
Dustlawyer
Dec 2014
#17
Thanks for the link (and the prod). Bookmarked for review later today. I don't have
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#21
They are not the only ones who have learned that there is no data on the murder of US Citizens
sabrina 1
Dec 2014
#26
Last about the last paragraph - the reason your locat news says things like "Police were forced to .
Liberal_in_LA
Dec 2014
#37