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Are we back to vacillating between attempts to change the subject and claims that one was insulted?

The OP of any thread is not in a vacuum, especially when you explicitly write the following:
The group commanding national attention is addressing 16 deaths a year and ingnoring thousands of others.

Black Lives Matter, only to police deaths, so it seems. Are you having a hard time understanding that?

The OP is about Black Lives Matter, you just said it here. You provided a number to your question, then provided a percentage, then proceeded to talk about Black Lives Matter and homicides committed by civilians. It all comes back to the evasion of the original logic: (1) Why should an organization with a particular focus change their focus because there are other problems out there? (2) Why does this standard only apply to certain organizations but not all of them?
 
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Are we back to vacillating between attempts to change the subject and claims that one was insulted?

Have a good day! when you actually want to address the OP, let me know.
 
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lets some comparison.

1. How many unjustified police shootings were there and how does it break down by race?

2. How many unjustified shooting were there based on same race.

How does it break down by race?

5th attempt
 
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lets some comparison

REQUEST - 1. How many unjustified police shootings were there

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and how does it break down by race?

REQUEST - How many unjustified shooting were there based on same race.

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How does it break down by race?

No. You made no requests then.

Uh, huh -
 
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You've got your answers. Now, what's the point?

Relax - unclench I'm getting there - I work two jobs so it takes some time to respond.

And while a couple were answered, No I didn't get all the answers. I asked people to respond so they couldn't use the tired out response about the source of the information.
 
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Relax - unclench I'm getting there - I work two jobs so it takes some time to respond.

And while a couple were answered, No I didn't get all the answers. I asked people to respond so they couldn't use the tired out response about the source of the information.
You already explained the purpose of this thread after the OP, so pretending as if you're looking for information just doesn't work.

If you simple wish is to find this information, do the work the yourself, it is not up to others to do the research. If you want to know the number of fatalities, do some research, post your answer here, and provide the source of your references. Coding websites come across this type of thing all the time, it is up to you to do your homework.

Now you can go back to your vacillation see-saw.
 
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Relax - unclench I'm getting there - I work two jobs so it takes some time to respond.

And while a couple were answered, No I didn't get all the answers. I asked people to respond so they couldn't use the tired out response about the source of the information.

You have enough free time from your two jobs to make excuses, but not enough to make a point?
 
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I find items like this interesting - Miami FL

Justice Department reviewed 33 police shootings as part of a civil rights investigation of city police practices from 2008 to 2011 and found three were unjustified

A whopping three in three years.
 
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I find items like this interesting - Miami FL

Justice Department reviewed 33 police shootings as part of a civil rights investigation of city police practices from 2008 to 2011 and found three were unjustified

A whopping three in three years.

Why do you feel Philando Castille had to be killed?
 
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I find items like this interesting - Miami FL

Justice Department reviewed 33 police shootings as part of a civil rights investigation of city police practices from 2008 to 2011 and found three were unjustified

A whopping three in three years.
I'm guessing the point of this thread is to argue that it's okay to have unjustified police shootings.
 
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