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    How Fear Contributes to Cops' Use of Deadly Force

    Police employ lethal violence in response to perceived threats at vastly different rates across the country. Racial bias is just one factor.
    by Brendan O’flaherty and Rajiv Sethi May 01, 2019 3 minutes

    The fatal shootings of Willie McCoy by police in Vallejo, California in February, and of Stephon Clark in Sacramento last year have raised yet again the issue of racial bias in law enforcement. They should also focus attention on some staggering regional differences in the use of deadly force.

    Police officers in the United States kill more than 1,000 civilians a year, while German and British police together kill about 10. Startling as such international comparisons are, there are also dramatic differences within the United States. Californians are four times more likely to face deadly

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