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sheshe2

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Sun May 31, 2015, 08:39 PM May 2015

U.S. Police Have Shot Dead 385 People In Five Months: REPORT [View all]



WASHINGTON, May 30 (Reuters) - U.S. police have shot and killed 385 people during the first five months of this year, a rate of more than two a day, the Washington Post reported on Saturday.

The death rate is more than twice that tallied by the federal government over the past decade, a count that officials concede is incomplete, the newspaper said.

The analysis is based on data the Post is compiling on every fatal shooting by police in 2015, as well as of every officer killed by gunfire in the line of duty.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation records over the past decade show about 400 fatal police shootings a year, or an average of 1.1 deaths a day. Reporting of shootings by police agencies is voluntary.

But the Post's analysis indicates the daily death toll for 2015 is close to 2.6 as of Friday. At that pace, police will have shot and killed nearly 1,000 people by the end of the year, the paper said.





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Jesus Christ!!! What in God's name is going on???! Number23 May 2015 #1
I hate to belabor the point, but you will also find that they are overwhelmingly male. Bonobo May 2015 #2
yep heaven05 May 2015 #8
And yet still they rise. nt Bonobo Jun 2015 #41
What the hell? Major Hogwash May 2015 #9
One guy that was killed by a cop not only was unarmed he was completely naked uponit7771 May 2015 #15
Hey you, good to see you. sheshe2 May 2015 #17
Been busier than a beaver in the forest! Major Hogwash May 2015 #22
Still doesn't explain your post or why you felt the need to say anything about my post at all Number23 Jun 2015 #25
Hard to figure here is it not, Major Hogwash? sheshe2 Jun 2015 #28
Sometimes it isn't that hard. Major Hogwash Jun 2015 #29
There has to be a logical reason you set your fingers to type this pointless post to me Number23 Jun 2015 #24
I hear you Number23. sheshe2 May 2015 #10
Thanks sheshe. My reaction was to the sheer scale of those killed. Number23 Jun 2015 #26
I know Number23. sheshe2 Jun 2015 #30
& ppl actually have the audacity to argue with me when giftedgirl77 Jun 2015 #43
Horrible democrank May 2015 #3
killedbypoliceDOTnet puts LE related death toll at 473 as of today kristopher May 2015 #4
The police are the true terrorists in this country. nt avebury May 2015 #6
No wonder no one wanted to keep count. Baitball Blogger May 2015 #5
yep heaven05 May 2015 #7
I know. sheshe2 May 2015 #21
Funny, Chicago1980 May 2015 #11
Seriously? sheshe2 May 2015 #12
You posted a different link, in a different Forum, with different rules. greyl May 2015 #16
I found that info about the hide, thanks, greyl. sheshe2 May 2015 #20
I believe this is LBN.. mountain grammy Jun 2015 #23
That's over 750 per year. It's not a war. . . . not quite, but this has to change. JDPriestly May 2015 #13
Hi JD. sheshe2 Jun 2015 #31
That's more than 8 years of the Iraq invasion... joshcryer Jun 2015 #34
Right. And it's in the US. Do we want even a small war in the US? The answer is clearly "NO." JDPriestly Jun 2015 #35
First thing is first, let anyone apply. joshcryer Jun 2015 #36
Good ideas. What would you substitue for the war on drugs. JDPriestly Jun 2015 #38
You take the war on drugs money and spend it on treatment. joshcryer Jun 2015 #39
Thanks! Good ideas! JDPriestly Jun 2015 #40
Decriminalize everything. F4lconF16 Jun 2015 #42
2 to 3 people a day gollygee May 2015 #14
Unacceptable. nt peecoolyour May 2015 #18
Sad. romanic May 2015 #19
Meanwhile in just about every major city non police shooting sky rocket... Historic NY Jun 2015 #27
Horrible. As far as I can see the only thing anyone is doing about this is when the justice jwirr Jun 2015 #32
Jesus Christ on a trailer hitch, what the hell is going on?! Hekate Jun 2015 #33
Damn.. I saw it was so astronomically high.. Mahalo for OPing, she~ The Police have a license Cha Jun 2015 #37
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