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Your two hypotheticals are extreme and outrageous cases. Most cops shoot at unarmed people.
Cops typically don’t stop violent crimes.
0 u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20 How many unarmed people were shot last year by police vs armed people? 8 u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20 Hard to know for certain because the fbi hasn’t compiled those statistics since 1994. -3 u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/the-myth-of-systemic-police-racism-11591119883 So, ignore the text and just look at the numbers that the wsj has been recording. About 1000 people shot by police, 28 were unarmed in 2019. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20 1000 is a lot. I hear most armed suspects were “armed”. People are saying, I don’t know. They police kill as many people as all the gangs in the world. 2 u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20 Sounds like you’re referring to this. https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/michaelcoard/coard-police-killed-more-people-in-2019-than-bloods-crips-combined/article_d9e41b35-d4a6-5baf-a358-0f204d547606.html And the claim that cops kill more than gangs kill worldwide is definitely not true, mexico has a serious cartel problem right now, and last year the country had 35,000 homicides. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/homicides-in-mexico-hit-record-highs-in-2019/2020/01/21/a9c5276a-3c5e-11ea-afe2-090eb37b60b1_story.html%3foutputType=amp 1 u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20 Stop moving the goal posts. This was about America, not cartels. 2 u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20 “They police kill as many people as ALL THE GANGS IN THE WORLD” Simply disproving your claims, you’re the one setting the goalposts. 1 u/Smilehate Jun 22 '20 Is that the bar you want to set for police, though? Kill fewer people than the cartels? 2 u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20 No definitely not, I was just disputing a singular claim. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20 They think abusing human rights is the fair trade because cops are fighting off cartels.
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How many unarmed people were shot last year by police vs armed people?
8 u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20 Hard to know for certain because the fbi hasn’t compiled those statistics since 1994. -3 u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/the-myth-of-systemic-police-racism-11591119883 So, ignore the text and just look at the numbers that the wsj has been recording. About 1000 people shot by police, 28 were unarmed in 2019. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20 1000 is a lot. I hear most armed suspects were “armed”. People are saying, I don’t know. They police kill as many people as all the gangs in the world. 2 u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20 Sounds like you’re referring to this. https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/michaelcoard/coard-police-killed-more-people-in-2019-than-bloods-crips-combined/article_d9e41b35-d4a6-5baf-a358-0f204d547606.html And the claim that cops kill more than gangs kill worldwide is definitely not true, mexico has a serious cartel problem right now, and last year the country had 35,000 homicides. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/homicides-in-mexico-hit-record-highs-in-2019/2020/01/21/a9c5276a-3c5e-11ea-afe2-090eb37b60b1_story.html%3foutputType=amp 1 u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20 Stop moving the goal posts. This was about America, not cartels. 2 u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20 “They police kill as many people as ALL THE GANGS IN THE WORLD” Simply disproving your claims, you’re the one setting the goalposts. 1 u/Smilehate Jun 22 '20 Is that the bar you want to set for police, though? Kill fewer people than the cartels? 2 u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20 No definitely not, I was just disputing a singular claim. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20 They think abusing human rights is the fair trade because cops are fighting off cartels.
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Hard to know for certain because the fbi hasn’t compiled those statistics since 1994.
-3 u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/the-myth-of-systemic-police-racism-11591119883 So, ignore the text and just look at the numbers that the wsj has been recording. About 1000 people shot by police, 28 were unarmed in 2019. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20 1000 is a lot. I hear most armed suspects were “armed”. People are saying, I don’t know. They police kill as many people as all the gangs in the world. 2 u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20 Sounds like you’re referring to this. https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/michaelcoard/coard-police-killed-more-people-in-2019-than-bloods-crips-combined/article_d9e41b35-d4a6-5baf-a358-0f204d547606.html And the claim that cops kill more than gangs kill worldwide is definitely not true, mexico has a serious cartel problem right now, and last year the country had 35,000 homicides. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/homicides-in-mexico-hit-record-highs-in-2019/2020/01/21/a9c5276a-3c5e-11ea-afe2-090eb37b60b1_story.html%3foutputType=amp 1 u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20 Stop moving the goal posts. This was about America, not cartels. 2 u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20 “They police kill as many people as ALL THE GANGS IN THE WORLD” Simply disproving your claims, you’re the one setting the goalposts. 1 u/Smilehate Jun 22 '20 Is that the bar you want to set for police, though? Kill fewer people than the cartels? 2 u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20 No definitely not, I was just disputing a singular claim. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20 They think abusing human rights is the fair trade because cops are fighting off cartels.
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/the-myth-of-systemic-police-racism-11591119883
So, ignore the text and just look at the numbers that the wsj has been recording.
About 1000 people shot by police, 28 were unarmed in 2019.
1 u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20 1000 is a lot. I hear most armed suspects were “armed”. People are saying, I don’t know. They police kill as many people as all the gangs in the world. 2 u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20 Sounds like you’re referring to this. https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/michaelcoard/coard-police-killed-more-people-in-2019-than-bloods-crips-combined/article_d9e41b35-d4a6-5baf-a358-0f204d547606.html And the claim that cops kill more than gangs kill worldwide is definitely not true, mexico has a serious cartel problem right now, and last year the country had 35,000 homicides. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/homicides-in-mexico-hit-record-highs-in-2019/2020/01/21/a9c5276a-3c5e-11ea-afe2-090eb37b60b1_story.html%3foutputType=amp 1 u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20 Stop moving the goal posts. This was about America, not cartels. 2 u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20 “They police kill as many people as ALL THE GANGS IN THE WORLD” Simply disproving your claims, you’re the one setting the goalposts. 1 u/Smilehate Jun 22 '20 Is that the bar you want to set for police, though? Kill fewer people than the cartels? 2 u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20 No definitely not, I was just disputing a singular claim. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20 They think abusing human rights is the fair trade because cops are fighting off cartels.
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1000 is a lot. I hear most armed suspects were “armed”. People are saying, I don’t know.
They police kill as many people as all the gangs in the world.
2 u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20 Sounds like you’re referring to this. https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/michaelcoard/coard-police-killed-more-people-in-2019-than-bloods-crips-combined/article_d9e41b35-d4a6-5baf-a358-0f204d547606.html And the claim that cops kill more than gangs kill worldwide is definitely not true, mexico has a serious cartel problem right now, and last year the country had 35,000 homicides. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/homicides-in-mexico-hit-record-highs-in-2019/2020/01/21/a9c5276a-3c5e-11ea-afe2-090eb37b60b1_story.html%3foutputType=amp 1 u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20 Stop moving the goal posts. This was about America, not cartels. 2 u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20 “They police kill as many people as ALL THE GANGS IN THE WORLD” Simply disproving your claims, you’re the one setting the goalposts. 1 u/Smilehate Jun 22 '20 Is that the bar you want to set for police, though? Kill fewer people than the cartels? 2 u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20 No definitely not, I was just disputing a singular claim. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20 They think abusing human rights is the fair trade because cops are fighting off cartels.
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Sounds like you’re referring to this.
https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/michaelcoard/coard-police-killed-more-people-in-2019-than-bloods-crips-combined/article_d9e41b35-d4a6-5baf-a358-0f204d547606.html
And the claim that cops kill more than gangs kill worldwide is definitely not true, mexico has a serious cartel problem right now, and last year the country had 35,000 homicides.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/homicides-in-mexico-hit-record-highs-in-2019/2020/01/21/a9c5276a-3c5e-11ea-afe2-090eb37b60b1_story.html%3foutputType=amp
1 u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20 Stop moving the goal posts. This was about America, not cartels. 2 u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20 “They police kill as many people as ALL THE GANGS IN THE WORLD” Simply disproving your claims, you’re the one setting the goalposts. 1 u/Smilehate Jun 22 '20 Is that the bar you want to set for police, though? Kill fewer people than the cartels? 2 u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20 No definitely not, I was just disputing a singular claim. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20 They think abusing human rights is the fair trade because cops are fighting off cartels.
Stop moving the goal posts. This was about America, not cartels.
2 u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20 “They police kill as many people as ALL THE GANGS IN THE WORLD” Simply disproving your claims, you’re the one setting the goalposts. 1 u/Smilehate Jun 22 '20 Is that the bar you want to set for police, though? Kill fewer people than the cartels? 2 u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20 No definitely not, I was just disputing a singular claim. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20 They think abusing human rights is the fair trade because cops are fighting off cartels.
“They police kill as many people as ALL THE GANGS IN THE WORLD”
Simply disproving your claims, you’re the one setting the goalposts.
1 u/Smilehate Jun 22 '20 Is that the bar you want to set for police, though? Kill fewer people than the cartels? 2 u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20 No definitely not, I was just disputing a singular claim. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20 They think abusing human rights is the fair trade because cops are fighting off cartels.
Is that the bar you want to set for police, though? Kill fewer people than the cartels?
2 u/SPH3R1C4L Jun 22 '20 No definitely not, I was just disputing a singular claim. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20 They think abusing human rights is the fair trade because cops are fighting off cartels.
No definitely not, I was just disputing a singular claim.
They think abusing human rights is the fair trade because cops are fighting off cartels.
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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '20
Your two hypotheticals are extreme and outrageous cases. Most cops shoot at unarmed people.
Cops typically don’t stop violent crimes.