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think

(11,641 posts)
Tue Nov 25, 2014, 05:40 PM Nov 2014

The Daily Show: A Shot In the Dark (The US lack of statistics on lethal force use)

America needs to come up with concrete solutions to the excessive use of lethal force by law enforcement in America. The amount of innocent people being shot and killed by police is unacceptable.

A good start would be to requre the statistics be recorded, documented and presented to the public by the states and federal goverment.

Here's a great video showing the lack of this statistical data in this regards:

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/v4l2pe/a-shot-in-the-dark

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