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niyad

(113,513 posts) Wed Dec 9, 2015, 02:10 PM Dec 2015

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The Counted: People killed by police in the US

an interactive list from the guardian--can be accessed by state, by month, etc.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2015/jun/01/the-counted-police-killings-us-database#

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The Counted: People killed by police in the US (Original Post) niyad Dec 2015 OP

Leave it to the Guardian to provide us with U.S. killer cops stats! valerief Dec 2015 #1

They counted Malik and Farook bigwillq Dec 2015 #2

Given the number of times an "armed" suspect turns out to not be armed jeff47 Dec 2015 #3

valerief

(53,235 posts)

1. Leave it to the Guardian to provide us with U.S. killer cops stats!

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Wed Dec 9, 2015, 02:20 PM

Dec 2015

Thanks.

(BTW, I fully realize some deaths may not have been avoidable.)

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)

2. They counted Malik and Farook

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Wed Dec 9, 2015, 02:35 PM

Dec 2015

Which technically counts, although I think a better map would be unarmed people killed by police.

jeff47

(26,549 posts)

3. Given the number of times an "armed" suspect turns out to not be armed

Reply to bigwillq (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 9, 2015, 03:13 PM

Dec 2015

when video comes out, I don't think we should make that distinction.

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