There is an 800% Higher Probably Americans Will be Killed by Police Than by a Terrorist

[donnay]

There is an 800% Higher Probably Americans Will be Killed by Police Than by a Terrorist

August 24, 2014
by Martin Armstrong

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The Ferguson incident has exposed the underbelly of the United States and now everyone is starting to pay attention that there is a higher risk of being killed by police even when they chase or shoot at people who need not be you. The risk is 800% greater that you will be killed by POLICE rather than a terrorist. The Economist has reported the death by police so far are ZERO in Japan and Britain, 8 in Germany and 409 in America.

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But that is not the half of it. Since 911, the police have killed more people than the terrorists are claimed to have done in those attacks. It is getting to the point that if you see a policeman in the USA, you better try to move away. This is no longer the ’50s. If there is a cat in the tree, my bet they will try to shoot it first but probably take down the tree with the hail of bullets. Police seem to think they have the right to play soldier and war games on the streets of America.

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[Seraphim]

800%? Add two 0's, I think.

[thoughtomator]

And when you factor in that most "terrorists" seem to have a government hand directing their actions...

[jkr]

but
theyre
just
doing
their
jobs!!!!

[Anti Federalist]

*probability

[Zippyjuan]

Almost anything is more likely than being killed by a terrorist. The odds of that happening? Less than one in 20 million.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/04/16/eight-facts-about-terrorism-in-the-united-states/


In the last five years, the odds of an American being killed in a terrorist attack have been about 1 in 20 million (that's including both domestic attacks and overseas attacks). As the chart above from the Economist shows, that's considerably smaller than the risk of dying from many other things, from post-surgery complications to ordinary gun violence to lightning.

That would make the chances of being killed by a policeman eight in 20 million (eight times or 800% higher). Also a pretty rare event.

[Anti Federalist]

Almost anything is more likely than being killed by a terrorist. The odds of that happening? Less than one in 20 million.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/04/16/eight-facts-about-terrorism-in-the-united-states/

Good, so we can start turning back the militarized police, the surveillance state and all of the rest of the fascist crap that is being done in the name of the "War or Terror".

Or are we going to use this logic:

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