An Alabama preacher and politician killed himself Friday two days after being outed for having a secret life he shared online as a “transgender curvy girl.”

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    1 year ago

    not sure what point you are trying to prove. A great majority of those people killed were armed. 8000 people is really not that much over an almost 10 year time span and all the justified shootings. You have 50x higher chance of dying in a car accident than dying by the hands of the police. That number because 300-500x if you are unarmed. The USA population is over 300m, this is a speck in the bigger picture.

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        1 year ago

        The best way to not got shot by the police is don’t brandish a weapon and don’t try to escape arrest. If you don’t do either of those things, you have a < 0.000001% chance of getting shot. Absolutely microscopic amounts relative to the total population.

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            1 year ago

            why is that relevant? Two things can be true at once:

            1. USA policing can be improved
            2. There is not a 50/50 chance you will be shot by police when you encounter them
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              How is it not relevant? The USA is a country in the world. Why can’t it be compared to other countries in the world lol?