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In total, 290 people have been killed during police encounters since the beginning of 2015. The tally kept by the website Killed By Police is much higher than the vastly incomplete FBI statistics. For comparison, the UK has only seen 52 police killings since 1900, reports Shaun King. Yes, since 1900.

 

h/t Think Progress and Killed By Police

 

Photo: Ferguson, Missouri/Wikimedia Commons

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