@generica The worst part is you have to dig to even find it in the news.

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oh, ffs.....in his own damn yard with a phone............that's literally disgusting....

@generica shit, you know the heartbreaking thing in the UK is, they don't even bother mentioning when folk are killed by the cops in the US (Black or white, tbh). Only when it provokes a riot. That's not to say our police are blameless either but the UK is tiny, and undertook a rout of internal police racism which... Well it helped.

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Killed by police in 2018 in the USA: 274 -- but the year is young -- it's only March.

http://killedbypolice.net/

Last year they executed 1,193 people (mostly men) or about 100 a month.

IMO, cops are mostly armed cowards.

They are NOT heros doing a dangerous job. Policing isn't even in the top ten.

From memory: Cops are number 15 down the list! Delivery drivers are killed on the job more often (#10?). Loggers are #1. Fishers are #2.