Police Save Black Lives

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6 years ago

I have been a bit concerned about the latest idea of defunding the police in the US. Straight out its a very bad idea I will explain: I have compared figures from South Africa (SA) and the United States(US) firstly because I live in SA and both have a history of racial conflict. In SA there has been a defunding of the police as well as affirmative action.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/murder-rate-by-country/ murders per 100,000 people. US 5.35 SA 33.97

Police killings per 10 million people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_killings_by_law_enforcement_officers_by_country US 46.6 SA 76.9

The figures speak for themselves but the message is look after your police, pay them well and train them and you will save lives.

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