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by ryanmercer 2396 days ago
>it was obvious from the lengths you go to in order to excuse the murders and brutality committed by police officers in the US.

992 people were shot and killed by police in 2018 [1] with 686,665 sworn officers [2] in the country. For a little comparison to killings by civilians - Chicago alone had 530 murders that year [3].

In 2018, there were an estimated 1,206,836 violent crimes [2].

106 law enforcement officers were killed in line-of-duty incidents in 2018. Of these, 55 officers died as a result of felonious acts [4]

So 'the lengths I go' are simply basing my opinion in facts and not emotion.

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/national/police...

[2] https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-release...

[3] https://chicago.suntimes.com/2018/12/30/18314619/chicago-s-2...

[4] https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-release...