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7. Killings by Utah police outpacing gang, drug, child-abuse homicides...

Mon Dec 8, 2014, 03:45 PM

Dec 2014

By ERIN ALBERTY | The Salt Lake Tribune
First Published Nov 23 2014 10:36AM • Last Updated Nov 24 2014 09:30 am

Over a five-year period, data show that fatal shootings by police officers in Utah ranked second only to homicides of intimate partners.

In the past five years, more Utahns have been killed by police than by gang members.

Or drug dealers. Or from child abuse.

And so far this year, deadly force by police has claimed more lives — 13, including a Saturday shooting in South Jordan — than has violence between spouses and dating partners.

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Through October, 45 people had been killed by law enforcement officers in Utah since 2010…

http://www.sltrib.com/news/1842489-155/killings-by-utah-police-outpacing-gang?fullpage=1

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Police Killings In Jamaica - Race Not A Factor, Figures Much Higher [View all] jberryhill Dec 2014 OP

Dumb alcibiades_mystery Dec 2014 #1

The problem of failure to reign in police militarization and killings goes beyond race jberryhill Dec 2014 #4

I disagree malaise Dec 2014 #10

Wow! 258. Does Jamaica have a really high crime rate? louis-t Dec 2014 #2

Parts of Kingston are dangerous malaise Dec 2014 #11

They are now being charged and sent to prison malaise Dec 2014 #3

Yes, it's slightly improving. Perhaps the US could learn something from what is happening there jberryhill Dec 2014 #5

There was an ABC report here on the weekend malaise Dec 2014 #9

Pointless comparison brindis_desala Dec 2014 #6

"your statistics for 2013 Chicago police killings are wildly inaccurate" jberryhill Dec 2014 #8

Killings by Utah police outpacing gang, drug, child-abuse homicides... TeeYiYi Dec 2014 #7