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With the highest rate of police killings in the world and a well studied racial disparity in those killed, the US is facing a problem of police using deadly force. Factors like this cause the growing untrust and disapproval of Law enforcement.

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On average, US officers spend around 21 weeks training before they are qualified to go on patrol (Horton).

Many other countries require officers to have a university degree - or equivalent - before joining the police, but in the US most forces just require the equivalent of a high-school diploma (Horton).

Police training requirements in more than 100 countries and found that the US had among the lowest, in terms of average hours required (Horton).

There are around 18,000 police agencies in the US, but with no national standards on training, procedures and timescales vary across the country (Horton).

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Departments can acquire gear though federal programs like the 1033 or 1122, or purchase though local funding (Lee Owens).

Between George Floyds death on May 25, 2020 to June 20, 2020 there were at least 29 instances where police departments deployed military style vehicles to confront protesters (Lehren).

Over 66,000 rifles have been acquired by police departments form the 1033 program alone (Lehren).

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Surplus Military Gear from 1033 Program

Gear transferred from the pentagon to law enforcement agencies from 1993 to now through the federal 1033 program. -Open The Books

Mine Resistant Vehicles

1,099 ITEMS | $743.8 MIllion

Trucks (cargo, panel, van, dump, utility, lift, and military)

3,465 ITEMS | $251 MIllion

Helicopters

344 ITEMS | $83.6 MIllion

Airplanes

24 ITEMS | $104.8 MIllion

Armored trucks and cars

284 ITEMS | $24.4 MIllion

Rifles (M16), 5.56mm

54,131 ITEMS | $24.4 MIllion

Rifles (M14), 7.62mm

12,244 ITEMS | $1.8 MIllion

Pistols (.38, .40, .45 caliber)

7,339 ITEMS | $689,553

Riot 12-gauge shotguns

1,218 ITEMS | $121,611

Night vision sniper scope

1,263 ITEMS | $8.7 MIllion

Mine detection (detection sets, marking kits, and probes)

230 ITEMS | $599.3 Million

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Officers use deadly force on a suspect they perceive to be an imminent threat of death or bodily harm to the officers or others. In training, police are told to use force until that person no longer presents a threat (Andrew).

When police believe a suspect could harm or kill them, they're usually trained to fire as many gunshots as it takes to bring that suspect down. Officers fire until they've terminated a threat (Andrew).

The European Convention on Human Rights allows police to use deadly force that is “absolutely necessary.” In contrast, police in the United States are permitted if they have a “reasonable belief” that their lives are in danger (Berger).

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Whites accounted for 71.5% of the 701,000 sworn local police officers in the United States in 2016, Bureau of Justice Statistics data show, compared to an estimated 60% of the population (Andrea).

African Americans account for 11.4% of local police forces, compared to around 13% of the population, a drop from 11.9% in 2013 (Andrea).

Department of Justice (DOJ) data shows that 90% of the police chiefs in local departments and 81% of supervisors above sergeant were white in 2016 - compared to 4% and 9% African American, respectively (Andrea).

There continues to be cases on a frequent basis where law enforcement has ties to white supremacist groups such as the  “neo-Confederates” the KKK, the “skinheads” and far right malitas like the Proud Boys, and Three Percenters (German).