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You've probably met someone who has killed a person (lemmy.ca)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Not just uncaught murderers, there are a lot of people who have killed without legally being considered murderers.

People who killed people in accidents such as driving accidents or hunting accidents

People who killed in self defense

Soldiers who killed enemy soldiers

Executioners

Police officers who have killed on duty

Doctors and nurses who have made mistakes that accidentally killed patients

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[–] 18 points 8 months ago* (4 children)

Significantly more likely if you live in the USA. Not so much in big parts of the rest of the world.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah. I was thinking for the UK it’s highly unlikely a cop has killed someone here. We do follow America into war and I’ve got a few soldier friends who likely killed people, but our soldiers seem to talk about it less than American ones.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Same with America. Despite TV/Movie Copaganda, most cops go their entire careers without pulling their weapons, and certainly without firing it.

    The most likely American citizen to have killed is a military member.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 child)

    smh, your soldiers don't want to write books about how terrible warmongering made them feel so they can get that movie deal?

    wack

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Not sure why you’re trying to say.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    He's mocking the typical route of a soldier with a story: a memoir or fictionalized tale of what they did, with the hope the book sells enough to get them a chunk of money or a movie studio makes a movie of it.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    The US isn't even in the top 50 countries for murders per capita.

    https://www.datapandas.org/ranking/murder-rate-by-country

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    at the city-level some are comparable though

    nashville/st.louis/new orleans last i bothered looking up the statistics

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    No one is talking about cities here.

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