Protests about the shooting of an unarmed teenager in Missouri by a
police officer are still ongoing. Other controversial shootings by law
enforcement officers have happened more recently. Statistics on the
number of people who are shot and killed by law enforcement each year
are available in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's annual
publication Crime in the United States.
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/offenses-known-to-law-enforcement/expanded-homicide/expanded_homicide_data_table_14_justifiable_homicide_by_weapon_law_enforcement_2008-2012.xls
The
title of the table is "Justifiable Homicide," so the FBI, at least, is
convinced that every case is "justifiable." The folks in Missouri don't
seem to agree. (But, of course, Missouri is the "Show Me" state.)
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