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Who Inflicts the Most Gun Violence in America? The U.S. Government and Its Police Forces

Loaded on Sept. 16, 2019 by John W. Whitehead published in Criminal Legal News October, 2019, page 14
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Commentary/Reviews, Shootings, Police. Location: United States of America.

by John W. Whitehead, Commentary, The Rutherford Institute

“It is often the case that police shootings, incidents where law enforcement officers pull the trigger on civilians, are left out of the conversation on gun violence. But a police officer shooting a civilian counts as gun violence. Every …

 

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