> Moreover, statistically it's still very rare despite the increase in sensationalized media coverage.
Police killings are just the tip of the spear. The US also locks up an enormous swath of its population... comparable to El Salvador, Turkmenistan, Rawanda... even 2x the rate of the country we're told is so dangerously authoritarian: Iran.
Ok, but you're looking at the rank #1 member of a power law distribution.
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/06/05/policekillings/
> Moreover, statistically it's still very rare despite the increase in sensationalized media coverage.
Police killings are just the tip of the spear. The US also locks up an enormous swath of its population... comparable to El Salvador, Turkmenistan, Rawanda... even 2x the rate of the country we're told is so dangerously authoritarian: Iran.