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Glassunion

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16. What are the odds

Fri Feb 19, 2016, 12:06 PM

Feb 2016

I'm more likely to be killed by a police officer than I am to be killed by a terrorist.

Odds of being killed by a terrorist - 1:20,000,000
Odds of being killed by a cop - 1:355,000

Now, I'm in a separate demographic that sustains a higher probability of being killed by a police officer with 1:125,000 odds.

So, for every 10 US citizens (world-wide) killed by terrorists, the police will kill 563.

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Our Gov't, as it turns out: dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 #45

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Google chimed in... TipTok Feb 2016 #5

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where there will be 4-4 decision - it's so nice to be able to say 4-4 instead of 5-4 saturnsring Feb 2016 #8

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