US law enforcement kills its own citizens at a rate that's well over ten times that of Europe.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124039/police-killings-rate-selected-countries/
I have personally seen US police beat a (Black) man into unconsciousness simply for talking back.
Once when we were in Berlin, we lost a lost child crying. Then he saw two police officers. He made a bee-line for them.
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Tom Ritchford /
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2024-07-07 10:19:58
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