\\ This is why so many unarmed people are getting shot by the cop
How many unarmed people are killed by the police each year in the us? When I ask this question, most people guess "thousands" or "tens of thousands". The real number is around 50.
Of course the ideal number is 0 but the US is very far from having a " police killing unarmed people " problem.
My brother is doing research on suspicious usage of "Suicide by cop" as a cause of death, a phenomenon where police departments and coroners may be overly broad in their application of the label. I hadn't thought about this, but apparently this imaginative labelling _may_ be hiding unfavourable statistics .
Although I doubt this would change the number from 50 to 10,000.
How many unarmed people are killed by the police each year in the us? When I ask this question, most people guess "thousands" or "tens of thousands". The real number is around 50.
Of course the ideal number is 0 but the US is very far from having a " police killing unarmed people " problem.