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   burfordTjustice to Ted   
   Re: Heart-stopping bodycam footage shows   
   21 Jan 17 07:04:26   
   
   cccd3264   
   XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, uk.politics.misc, uk.legal   
   XPost: alt.politics.uk   
   From: burfordTjustice@tues.uk   
      
   On Sat, 21 Jan 2017 11:55:52 GMT   
   Ted  wrote:   
      
   > GB  wrote:   
   > > On 21/01/2017 11:28, Ted wrote:   
   > >> Judith  wrote:   
   > >>> On Mon, 16 Jan 2017 11:46:19 -0600, First-Post   
   > >>>  wrote:   
   > >>>   
   > >>>> On Mon, 16 Jan 2017 17:14:24 +0000, GB    
   > >>>> wrote:   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>> British police are far less likely to get killed or injured on   
   > >>>>> duty than US police.   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>> 123 US officers killed in 2015 and 122 in 2014.   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>> 1 UK officer killed in 2015 and none in 2014.   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>> Why do you think that is?   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Probably because it is a homogenous society (only 14%   
   > >>>> minorities) and a population of roughly 1/5th that of the US.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Yep just a fifth.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Is that the same as a ratio of 245:1  ? - or is that  50 times   
   > >>> worse?   
   > >>   
   > >> The UK establishment politicians and media don't teach their   
   > >> voters to hate each other, as they do here in the US. That's   
   > >> another factor.   
   > >   
   > > We're having a good go at it with Brexit. :)   
   >   
   > What's happening? What are the domestic consequences of Brexit?   
   >   
      
   Since you had to ask, you could not possibly understand the answer.   
      
   BTW not leaving this year.   
      
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