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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKilled by police facts:
At least 400 people have been killed by U.S. police since January 1, 2015.
At least 50 people have been killed by U.S. police since #FreddieGray was #KilledByPolice in #Baltimore
At least 800 people have been killed by U.S. police since #MikeBrown was #KilledByPolice in #Ferguson
At least 900 people have been killed by U.S. police since #EricGarner was #KilledByPolice
http://www.killedbypolice.net/
Finally, check out this time lapse map of police killings over the last 16 months:
https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CEWoTEMWoAIID5k.mp4
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dixiegrrrrl
May 2015
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daleanime
(17,796 posts)1. ......
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)2. Clearly guns in the wrong hands are a problem.
I'm not sure there is such a thing as the right "hands".
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)4. I hear you! nt
AuntPatsy
(9,904 posts)3. .
A HERETIC I AM
(24,871 posts)5. Hmmmm...and some people want us to fear the "terrorists"
Seems to me they are pretty easy to spot.
Badges, guns, clubs and radios with which to call similarly equipped individuals.
1monster
(11,045 posts)6. I'm left without words.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,148 posts)7. Insane number isn't it? n/t