Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-09-24 14:49:22 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 4B8DBBC126EA971B9FEACE4ED2D6F304C5CF24743CDA8CDDF8C140FFFC6990E3
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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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