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In October 2007 the US released the first national measurement of killings by US police. The Justice Department reported 2,002 arrest-related deaths during the three years from 2003 through 2005. Killings by police were the leading cause of such deaths during this period, reported over four times more often than any other cause of arrest-related death: 1,095 killings (55 percent). There were exactly 1,096 days in 2003-2005. That means, on average, the US police killed a person every day. If human rights advocates in the US stop pointing the finger abroad for a moment, and apply to our own home the same standards used in judging other countries, what would we learn?
In October 2007 the US released the first national measurement of killings by US police. The Justice Department reported 2,002 arrest-related deaths during the three years from 2003 through 2005. Killings by police were the leading cause of such deaths during this period, reported over four times more often than any other cause of arrest-related death: 1,095 killings (55 percent). There were exactly 1,096 days in 2003-2005. That means, on average, the US police killed a person every day. If human rights advocates in the US stop pointing the finger abroad for a moment, and apply to our own home the same standards used in judging other countries, what would we learn?
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