Re: American Cops - again
In the same way that a death at the hands of a surgeon or pilot is tragic, even one death at the hands of the police is one too many. As such, the need to train and screen law enforcement officers should always be rigorous and ongoing.
That said, please consider:
The number of U.S. police with public encounters in 2015 was 3,587,400. Deaths (justified or not) by the police were about 1,100.
That means that. the use of lethal force compared to police-public encounters is 0.029%, or 3 one hundredths of one percent.
It's important to know that it's not exactly the Wild West over here. The decorum, respect, and professionalism exhibited by the vast, vast majority of police is tremendously underestimated - and therefore not news-worthy by the insatiable media.