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fhqwhgads · 11-23-2006, 08:50 AM

You realize that you can't just argue numbers in this type of situation, no more than you could take a statistic like "Thousands of people under doctor's care die every year" to imply doctor negligence. Your 437 statistic is just as meaninless without knowing the factors behind every case.

There are times in a police officer's duty where he has to kill another human in order to save a life... either his own or that of the public. How many of those 437 cases were suspected of being excessive force? You put the words "justifiable homicides" in quotes as if you are painting every single incident with the same brush.

How many of the 155 would you consider to be justifiable?

11-23-2006, 08:50 AM	#35 (permalink)
fhqwhgads Junkie	You realize that you can't just argue numbers in this type of situation, no more than you could take a statistic like "Thousands of people under doctor's care die every year" to imply doctor negligence. Your 437 statistic is just as meaninless without knowing the factors behind every case. There are times in a police officer's duty where he has to kill another human in order to save a life... either his own or that of the public. How many of those 437 cases were suspected of being excessive force? You put the words "justifiable homicides" in quotes as if you are painting every single incident with the same brush. How many of the 155 would you consider to be justifiable? Last edited by fhqwhgads; 11-23-2006 at 08:52 AM..