The problem, you see, is that America
is exceptional.
The police in and around Ferguson have shot and killed twice
as many people in the past two weeks (Mr Brown plus one other) as the
police in Japan, a nation of 127m, have shot and killed in the past six
years. Nationwide, America’s police kill roughly one person a day (see
chart).
This is not because they are trigger-happy but because they are
nervous. The citizens they encounter have perhaps 300m guns between
them, so a cop never knows whether the hand in a suspect’s pocket is
gripping a Glock. READ MORE
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