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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
The UK has a population of 66 million.
The police there have killed 7 people over the past 3 years. The one in March? They tasered him three separate times before resorting to deadly force. In February? He had stabbed multiple people and was wearing a (hoax) suicide vest.
Canada has a population of 33 million people. There have been 4x the amount of people killed by police (29) in the last three years, with half the population. It’s a pretty stark contrast.
The US? Yeah, 330 million people, so 5x the size of the U.K., and 630 people killed by police, so about 90x more than the U.K. Absolute insanity and another conversation completely.
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Are we talking total killed by police or just people with knives?
There are more guns here and way more in the US (that is a debate for another day) When the criminals have guns it is more likely lethal force is needed. It really depends on the area too, London has a population of 8 million at 3 people with knives have been shot by police in the last year.
Not trying to suggest Canada is better or anything just this idea that in the UK they don't use force and everything is great seems to be a little misleading to me. Police in the UK aren't dealing with the same thing. We have 7x the guns per-capita