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> It's an extremely delicate judgment call made in split seconds that often means the difference between life and death

How come cops in many other countries are so much better at making these judgement calls than in the US?

>>FDSGSG+(OP)
Are they? I prefer to ignore value comparisons not based on numbers.

>>austin+w
German cops fired 85 bullets _total_ in 2011. Florida cops shot almost 200 bullets into a UPS truck, killing a hostage and bystander in 2019.

>>austin+w
It's just one stat but the number of killings by law enforcement in the US is by far the highest in the first world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_killings_by_law_enforc...

The gap with other first world countries is absolutely enormous.

>>austin+w
Yes they are. Ask anyone living in the UK, for a good comparison.

Cops here are very well trained in de-escalation. Something American police probably never heard about.

>>august+b1
There were 2174 incidents of murder/manslaughter in Germany that year... given that context, "85 bullets _total_" sounds like a massive orgy of violence on the part of German LEOs. There were 6 times that many murders in the US that same year, manslaughter not included.