Police Shooting Research Paper

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Police involved shootings is a widely controversial topic among America today. With the situation intensifying through the past couple years, assumptions are made surrounding the lawfulness of the occurrences. Many consider all these POIs to be unjust but little do they know of all the research and investigation that goes on behind the scenes of these shootings. The media revolves these stories around race and judgment though that is not always a variable in the case. It is no secret that there are flaws within our system but that only means there is room for improvement. Multiple authors of research articles have taken different standpoints on the subject. The lack of a reliable database to record these shootings is only one of the few complications

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