Thursday, November 27, 2014

If you think police violence isn't a real issue in America, you've got another think coming.

Violent killings by Utah police outpace deaths by gangs, drug dealers and child abusers

David Edwards
24 Nov 2014 at 10:42 ET                  
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If you live in Utah, you are more likely to be killed by police than gangs, drug dealers or child abusers.
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The Salt Lake Tribune recently reviewed records for 300 violent deaths over a five year period, and found that deaths from police violence were the second most common type of killing after intimate partner violence in Utah.
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Records showed that law enforcement officers were responsible for 15 percent of the violent deaths by killing 45 people since 2010.
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Officials have found all of the killings to be justified, except the 2012 shooting of 21-year-old Danielle Willard. On Saturday, police responding to a trespassing report in South Jordan shot and killed a man. That incident was still under investigation.
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