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There have been 500 people shot and killed by police in the U.S. so far in 2015
Police officers in the United States have shot and killed at least 500 people so far in 2015, according to a Washington Post analysis. The 500th gun death at the hands of police officers came Thursday night in Boulder Creek, Calif., after officers were dispatched to a home on reports of a family fight. Police officials told local media that when they arrived, they encountered a man with two firearms whom they shot and killed.
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This is what you get when you mix a highly militarized police culture with the widespread ownership of guns among the population.