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I mention this whenever these threads come up and FR starts sounding like an Antifa rally -- out of a nation of 315 million people, including literally thousands if not millions of foreign organized crime members from south if the border, there were fewer than 1000 fatal shootinga by police in 2017. Roughly 750k LE in the US, conducting dozens of ineractions per day with people from all walks of life, being involved in any number of hairy situations, and the rate could justifiably be expected to be much higher. But it's not.

Too many FReepers fall for the media scamming to make this seem like a bigger problem than it is. Understanding that fatal shootings aren't the only issue here, rest assured that you are very, very likely to survive your next speeding ticket.

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I mention this whenever these threads come up and FR starts sounding like an Antifa rally -- out of a nation of 315 million people...there were fewer than 1000 fatal shootinga by police in 2017.

The issue is not the number of fatal shootings. The issue is the attitude toward those fatal shootings, especially when the shooting was blatantly unnecessary. The video circulating just recently of the cops making the guy in his underwear crawl toward them, then gunning him down when he was unarmed is the perfect example of this. This should never happen in a civilized country. But is the attitude "Oh no, we screwed up! Our officers should be better trained!" ? Nope. It was "he followed procedure and feared for his safety." Therein lies the problem. With such an attitude, these incidents will only increase, and the only remedy will be retaliation by the beleaguered public.