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You're Eight Times More Likely to Be Killed by a Police Officer Than a Terrorist

It got a lot of attention this morning when I tweeted , “You’re Eight Times More Likely to be Killed by a Police Officer than a Terrorist.” It’s been quickly retweeted dozens of times, indicating that the idea is interesting to many people. So let’s discuss it in more than 140 characters.
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Oct 29, 2015You're Eight Times More Likely to Be Killed by a Police Officer Than a Terrorist by cryoshon265190
Jan 20, 2014You’re Eight Times More Likely to be Killed by a Police Officer than a Terrorist by Argentum0114762

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