land-of-propaganda:Americans Killed by Cops Outnumber Americans Killed in Iraq WarThe increase in po
land-of-propaganda:Americans Killed by Cops Outnumber Americans Killed in Iraq WarThe increase in police brutality in this country is a frightening reality. In the last decade alone the number of people murdered by police has reached 5,000. The number of soldiers killed since the inception of the Iraq war, 4489.What went wrong? In the 19070’s SWAT teams were estimated to be used just a few hundred times per year, now we are looking at over 40,000 military style “knock and announce” police raids a year.If we look at the most recent numbers of non-military US citizens killed by terrorism worldwide, that number is17. You have a better chance of being killed by a bee sting, or a home repair accident than you do a terrorist. And you are 29 times more likely to be murdered by a cop than a terrorist!(Read more here)(11/06) -- source link