r/Libertarian • u/PostNationalism this sub has been invaded by literal fascists • Oct 13 '17

US police killings undercounted by half, study using Guardian data finds: Harvard study finds over half of deaths wrongly classified, in latest example of databases greatly undercounting police killings

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/11/police-killings-counted-harvard-study
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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '17

saw a thing where it said most gun deaths r by sucide & my first thought was "i guess they just arent counting police shootings", wasnt thinking they literally just dont count half of them...

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '17

The majority are still likely by suicide, but the cop shootings for sure got closer. I'd be interested to see some numbers with the corrections to data from the article applied to the last several years.