It is VERY IMPORTANT to keep in mind that this article has a single premise – police are bad. There I save you a lot of reading.
Now if you have an open mind and look at the evidence keep the following in mind as you read the article.
- Offenders are accountable for their behavior.
- Police react to offender’s behavior.
- Police make mistakes and police make bad decisions under life and death conditions.
- Unarmed people can kill.
- It is lawful for police to protect themselves and others.
- Police do not have to be shot at before they can use deadly force.
- Police have to use more force than the offender to overcome the offender’s force.
- Police use of force many times is not easy or pretty.
- Disproportionate by race to it’s population does not equal racism.
- There are many factors that drive police-citizen contacts.
Police killings of any sort account for nearly 5% of all homicides, with at least 1,192 people killed by law enforcement in 2022
— Read on http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/15/us-homicides-committed-by-police-gun-violence
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