Since 2015, police have shot and killed 5,400 people.

[dalton99a]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/protests-spread-over-police-shootings-police-promised-reforms-every-year-they-still-shoot-nearly-1000-people/2020/06/08/5c204f0c-a67c-11ea-b473-04905b1af82b_story.html

Protests spread over police shootings. Police promised reforms. Every year, they still shoot nearly 1,000 people.
By Mark Berman, John Sullivan, Julie Tate and Jennifer Jenkins
June 8 at 8:44 AM

Protests against the use of deadly force by police swept across the country in 2015.

That year, The Washington Post began tallying how many people were shot and killed by police. By the end of 2015, officers had fatally shot nearly 1,000 people, twice as many as ever documented in one year by the federal government.

With the issue flaring in city after city, some officials vowed to reform how police use force.

The next year, however, police nationwide again shot and killed nearly 1,000 people. Then they fatally shot about the same number in 2017 — and have done so for every year after that, according to The Post’s ongoing count. Since 2015, police have shot and killed 5,400 people.

[Goodheart]

1. And a lot of them deserved it.

State your point.

[dalton99a]

3. How many do you think deserved it?

Show your data

[Goodheart]

9. How many do you think did not?

Show your data.

State your point.

[Lars39]

7. Extrajudicial killings are never acceptable.

[Goodheart]

8. That's nonsense.

Some are necessary.

[zipplewrath]

2. Suicide by cop

And by their own studies, they know that 25% - 30% of these killings are basically suicide by cop. But they just throw up their hands instead of seeing if maybe their procedures might be contributing to this problem.

[Mariana]

4. "And by their own studies..."

Do you mean studies done by the police departments and organizations?

[zipplewrath]

5. Yes

There have been multiple studies, conducted by or for departments themselves that identified this problem. People wielding guns with no bullets. People leaving suicide notes at the scene or at home. It was very well documented.

[Mariana]

6. The police departments have a definite conflict of interest here.

It is to their advantage to minimize their responsibility for as many killings as possible. How can we believe them about this? How many weapons were dropped by officers or supervisors? How many suicide notes were planted? We know they lie.