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Level3Kobold t1_iwmnebd wrote

Reply to comment by mceric01 in US States, Police Training v Shootings/Violent Crime (per million) [OC] by tommytornado

Police from other nations are able to do their job without killing people.

Police from America kill many people.

The discrepancy is not proportional to gun ownership.

If you believe that the vast majority of those killings are justified, then what - in your opinion - makes Americans so much more deserving of death compared to other nationalities?

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mceric01 t1_iwmntbw wrote

The discrepancy is proportionate to the homicide rate and levels. How often are police killed in other developed major countries that you’re comparing police killings?

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Level3Kobold t1_iwmqb8g wrote

>The discrepancy is proportionate to the homicide rate and levels

Can you provide a source for this claim?

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mceric01 t1_iwnuxv9 wrote

Well Germany averages 250-350 homicides per year and the UK averages 500-600. Are we trying to compare what the police in the US have to deal with as opposed to those countries where the homicide is more than 20 times lower?

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Outrageous_Effect_24 t1_iwms52s wrote

Since every police killing is by definition a homicide, can you think of a way that police killings would not be proportional to the homicide rate?

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