Police Shootings Dramatically Outnumber Criminal Executions

Ezra Klein

August 21 at 12:42pm · 

This chart honestly shocked me.

Police shootings dramatically outnumber criminal executions

This chart puts the shootings in Ferguson and St. Louis in perspective.

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