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[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Still killing about 1000 people a year though, and 50% are white too, so it's not like this only affects black people.

In Germany the police kill about 0.3 a year on average. In the UK it's about 1 a year. In the US it's 1000. One every 8 hours

[–]muellermeierschulz[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

In Germany it's a bit higher (11 in 2018) but the difference is still huge. Brazil has 6.000 people per year and Venezuela 5.000 at only 30 Mio. population.

[–]magnora7 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes it is shameful that the US is closer to Brazil than Germany. Even if you adjust per-capita, it's probably still true.