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by mfgs 1717 days ago
There is usually at least 1000 people shot by police each year in the US.

All other developed nations have significantly lower rates and incidences of police killings: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/06/05/policekillings/.

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There are ~50 officers 'feloniously killed' in the US every year.

https://ucr.fbi.gov/leoka/2018/topic-pages/officers-feloniou...

If you dig around most other nations have substantially lower rates of LEO homicides.

Bunch of older stats here https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/ph98.pdf

I think one begets the other in a positive feedback loop that is difficult to break.