Wow, Police In England And Wales Went Two Years Without Fatally Shooting Someone.....

[Logical]

And last year British police officers actually fired their weapons three times. THREE TIMES!!!!

No doubt, the good old USA has a lot of damn problems to address! We are a violent country.



Here is JUST New York City. The graph is in thousands:




Worth a read:
Source: http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/police-in-england-and-wales-went-two-years-without-fatally-shooting-someone/

[Skittles]

1. you do know there is no NRA in England, right?

[Logical]

2. Yes, I wish there was not one here. nt

[sabrina 1]

3. They have to answer for the use of force in most developed countries. Here it's obviously a free

firing zone for 'civilian' Cops especially when it comes to minorities and the poor.

I don't think we even get an accurate reporting of all the American Citizens the police murder each year.

We live in a very primitive, violent culture.

[Logical]

4. So true and no downside for cops to kill someone. Never punished. nt

[sabrina 1]

5. Yes, it's actually WORSE now than it was when Rodney King was beaten. Back then when

an indictment wasn't forthcoming, the Federal Govt intervened and did issue indictments. It was very bad back then, but compared to how it is today, it looks almost like some justice was possible.

Now, there is ZERO chance of a murderous cop being indicted at all.

[Skittles]

8. cops are gunned down too

just so you know

[Logical]

9. Yes, they are. But not that dangerous of a job actually......

You’re more likely to be murdered simply by living in about half of the largest cities in America than you are while working as a police officer.

So their paranoia is not justified.

They tend to shoot at any possible threat instead of trying to deal with it in another way. And that is because there is never a downside to shooting first.

[NutmegYankee]

6. This is possible because the normal patrol officer in England doesn't have a sidearm.

Only special units are armed with guns. That said, I agree that we can be a violent society, but am actually amazed that we aren't more violent given the growing inequality in our society.

[Nye Bevan]

7. One reason I enjoy watching British cop shows on Netflix and Amazon

is seeing how the police handle situations without carrying guns.

The big problem here is the circular argument: "He was trying to get my gun! So he was a deadly threat! Therefore, I was justified in killing him with my gun!"

[KG]

10. why use the brain when a gun is readily available?

[KG]

11. why use the brain when a gun is readily available?

[Jefferson23]

12. No lobby money for an NRA to take hold there, or am I wrong? n/t