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Global War On Law Enforcement

Submitted by Patri Friedman on Sat, 2006-09-23 20:26.

This alert table is based on US mortality statistics from 1995-2005, and comes from this Wired article via Jes5199:

S E V E R E
Driving off the road: 254,419
Falling: 146,542
Accidental poisoning: 140,327
H I G H
Dying from work: 59,730
Walking down the street: 52,000.
Accidentally drowning: 38,302
E L E V A T E D
Killed by the flu: 19,415
Dying from a hernia: 16,742
G U A R D E D
Accidental firing of a gun: 8,536
Electrocution: 5,171
L O W
Being shot by law enforcement: 3,949
Terrorism: 3147
Carbon monoxide in products: 1,554

Note that Americans during this period, which included 9/11, were more likely to be killed by law enforcement officers than by terrorists. Perhaps we need a Global War On Law Enforcement?

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