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Ino

(3,366 posts)

6. Pretty broad categories there.

Reply to TeddyR (Original post)

Sat Dec 26, 2015, 06:27 PM

Dec 2015

Define "wielding a weapon." Define "weapon" for that matter. Your quote didn't say "armed criminals". It could have been something like this...

Houston police shot to death a double amputee in a wheelchair who they said was trying to stab an officer with a pen.

Why is being mentally troubled or running away legitimate reasons to be gunned down? From your link...

Kassick is dead, shot twice in the back. (as he lay on his stomach, tazed)

He was unarmed.

Mearkle had given chase after Kassick fled from her attempt to pull him over for having an expired inspection sticker on his car.

Yay cops!

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Stats on police killings [View all] TeddyR Dec 2015 OP

Yep. Rex Dec 2015 #1

Ohhhh...only 4%. Well that's different then! ret5hd Dec 2015 #2

Being shot for being suicidal or running away is asinine. Good article, thank you uppityperson Dec 2015 #3

965 police killed people and roughly 700,000 didn't kill anyone. virgogal Dec 2015 #4

It's over 100 per 100,000 per year! Taitertots Dec 2015 #10

Considering there are around 30,000 arrests per DAY I'd say they do pretty good. EX500rider Dec 2015 #5

It actually seems a miracle it's not worse. cigsandcoffee Dec 2015 #9

Pretty broad categories there. Ino Dec 2015 #6

It couldn't say "armed criminals." Igel Dec 2015 #7

Meaningless stats tabasco Dec 2015 #8