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>the cops legitimately thought someone was shooting at them

But cops always "legitimately" think someone is shooting at them. Have you heard of the acorn incident?

Forty-seven officers were shot and killed in the line of duty in 2023. That's about 1 a week.

Well there's 700,000 cops in the US, so sounds like their priors are legitimately terrible.

Is that a lot? More than one unarmed person per week is killed by the police in the US.

And way more than that die every year of automobile accidents, or fucking heart disease!

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