Police in the USA: some facts
In the USA, police shot and killed 1,004 people in 2019. The comparable figure for the UK is 3, for France 26, for Germany 11. The USA has 655 people in jail per 100,000 population. The UK’s figure, high by world standards, is 140. The Netherlands, 54. The USA had 12 deaths in police custody per 100,000 arrests last year; the UK, two. US police make three arrests per year per 100 population; the UK, a more typical figure, one. Social provision in the USA is weaker than in most relatively well-off countries. In many well-off countries, even in poorer districts, generally “the state” means...