Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-09-24 15:33:48 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 48614F80D962A2CDD9DFFFF2DBA51DB1129F3BF1E4DA1BA06B5AA994D85CB68B
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Original Note:
The poster describes the UK Police officers as "potentially trigger happy" and yet the most recent official statistics show in 2022/2023 - There were 18,395 incidents involving Police firearms units, with Police discharging a firearm at just 10 of these incidents (% 0.054) https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-use-of-firearms-statistics-england-and-wales-april-2022-to-march-2023/police-use-of-firearms-statistics-england-and-wales-april-2022-to-march-2023
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