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476. What Are the Police for, Anyway?

Freakonomics Radio

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Why the US Police Shooting Rates Are So High

Last year, just over one thousand people were shot and killed by police in the us. That's 34 fatalities for every ten million residents. Canada is second, with ten police killings per ten million people. Australiais next at nine. Why does the us? Have triple the rate of fatal police shootings of the nearest country? that is not a simple question to answer.

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