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It doesn’t seem minor compared to other countries police forces. Why should being killed by the police be acceptable as long as the risk is lower than that from traffic?



Because we need laws and punishments to enforce those laws. What other countries have a population as diverse as the US and then let’s see some stats.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_killings_by_law_enforc...

Seems the problem is approximately 90 times worse (!) than the UK for example. The UK is somewhat less diverse, but what has a diverse population got to do with it? That might explain some of the killing, but it doesn't justify it.




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