Mastodawn

One-third of all Americans killed by strangers are killed by police.

‘One-third of all Americans killed by strangers are killed by police.’

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[I hate when people say "what will you replace police with?" What would you replace the fire with that is destroying your home...NOTHING]

@Ashedryden and that’s what we know of.

@JoBlakely @Ashedryden I didn't read the article very carefully, but I believe that one third number is the total estimate, not only the known cases.

@Ashedryden
The "strangers" part really sticks out to me. It really goes to show how divorced the police are from the communities they harass.

As an old white guy I don't often have a loaded gun aimed at me -- but when I do it's a cop

I can't imagine what it feels like for POC to have to deal with the police ‼️

@Ashedryden ah, the punishable-by-death US felony of breathing while black.

Remarkable how close to their root US “law” enforcement has managed to stay, from even before Abolition.