US cops killed 100 times more than German police in 2015

10 people were killed by German police in 2015, according to a report released Thursday 22 September 2016 by publishing group Funke Mediengruppe.

By contrast, Washington Post's database of fatal police shootings shows 990 people were killed by US police in the same year.

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100x more deaths per population

That means that while the population of the US is roughly four times that of Germany, the number of fatal police shootings there is about 100 times greater.

So far this year, 706 people have been killed by police in the US, according to the Washington Post. And by just January 5th of this year, more people (13) had been killed by police in the US than Germany's total for all of last year.

The Funke Mediengruppe did note that the number of people killed by German police had risen by three people in 2015 over 2014. But the number of people injured had dropped from 30 in 2014 to 22 in 2015.

Peaceful Hamburg

Germany's largest state, North-Rhine Westphalia with a population of nearly 18 million, saw three police-caused deaths. Meanwhile Hamburg, which is Germany's second largest city and has a population of over 5 million, saw none at all.

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