Thread: I hope this has not already been posted. I find it very disturbing
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Old 04-08-2012, 02:05 PM
Charles Charles is offline
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Originally Posted by BlueStreak View Post
261 justifiable homicides.......Not the total number of homicides.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htm

16,799...........5.5 out of 100k......261 were justifiable?

(Germany, for instance had 0.8 per 100k.)

That's pretty bad, IMO.

Dave
Actually, the 261 were just private citizens. The cops kill a lot more.

Chas
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