neera_tanden [she/her] to the_dunk_tank • 2 years agoFriendly reminder. Fund the police.imagemessage-square29 fedilinkarrow-up1105
arrow-up1105imageFriendly reminder. Fund the police.neera_tanden [she/her] to the_dunk_tank • 2 years agomessage-square29 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareMiraculousMM [he/him, any]Mhexbear7·2 years ago:jesus-christ: If you have a source or two to link for that, I would love using it to radicalize the many libs in my life link
minus-squaremar_k [he/him]hexbear13·edit-22 years agoI calculated it myself actually, so there's a few sources 16.4k murders in the US in 2019 1.1k murders done by cops, which is almost 7% of the prior number (~1 in 16) 660,000 cops in the US, making up <0.2% of the population (1 in 500) And for the injuries: https://policeepi.uic.edu/u-s-data-on-police-shootings-and-violence/ link
:jesus-christ: If you have a source or two to link for that, I would love using it to radicalize the many libs in my life
I calculated it myself actually, so there's a few sources
16.4k murders in the US in 2019
1.1k murders done by cops, which is almost 7% of the prior number (~1 in 16)
660,000 cops in the US, making up <0.2% of the population (1 in 500)
And for the injuries: https://policeepi.uic.edu/u-s-data-on-police-shootings-and-violence/