10 Chilling Statistics About Police Killings in America That Everyone Needs To Know

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U.S. Police Kill More People in Days than British and Welsh Officers Kill in Decades

An article released by The Guardian reports that “in the first 24 days of 2015, police in the U.S. killed more people than officers in England and Wales did, combined, over the past 24 years.” U.S. Law enforcement was responsible for 59 deaths in the first 24 days of 2015, while the law enforcement of England and Wales were responsible for 55 deaths in the last 24 years.

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