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That's my entire point that they aren't even armed. They handle the exact same problems without the need for lethal force.
Removing emotion of unarmed citizens being killed by police, 1 in 60 police assaults result in lethal force in America according to your own statistics. 0 in 2,000,000 police assaults result in lethal force in Britain.
Are you going to suggest that criminals in Britain aren't as dangerous with their fists as American criminals? Are British police all super bad asses compared to American police? Or can we just fucking admit that there's a use of force problem in America???
I have been commending the uk police for their handling of knife weilsing subjects. They use multiple tactics to disarm and arrest subjects with knives with resorting to lethal force. But uk police do not have the option of using a firearm, nor do they have to be overly worried about facing someone with a firearm. The us is a country of guns. Police have them, but so do the criminals. So comparing us and uk police is not always apples to apples.